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High-Strength Concrete with Increased Fracture-Toughness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

Mette Glavind  and
Tine Aarre
Mette Glavind
Affiliation:
Department of Structural Engineering, Building 118, Technical University of Denmark, DK- 2800 Lyngby. Denmark.
Tine Aarre
Affiliation:
Department of Structural Engineering, Building 118, Technical University of Denmark, DK- 2800 Lyngby. Denmark.
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Abstract

The application of high-strength concrete in practice is strongly limited by its more brittle behaviour than normal strength concrete.

The present study deals with an investigation of the possibilities of increasing the fracture toughness of high-strength concrete by adding fibres. Tests are made with both normal strength concrete and high-strength concrete containing different amounts of steel and polypropylene fibres. Stress-strain curves in compression are obtained by a deformation controlled test system. The toughness is described with different toughness indexes.

By using a previously proposed expression for the stress-strain curves, it is possible to make a non-linear load carrying capacity calculation for reinforced concrete beams. The results of the load carrying capacity calculation are compared with results of similar calculations made with the Danish code extrapolated to be valid for high-strength concrete.

The investigation shows that the addition of especially steel fibres is effective in increasing toughness and the non-linear load carrying capacity for high-strength concrete. It is also shown that the compression strength of high-strength concrete is increased by addition of steel fibres. The results of the load carrying capacity calculation show that the Danish code cannot be extrapolated to be valid for high-strength concrete without any modifications.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 211: Symposium O – Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Materials , 1990 , 39
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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