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Fracture toughness of ultra high performance concrete

Abstract

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In this study, fracture properties of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC), and High Performance Concrete (HPC) are presented. The average compressive strengths of UHPC and HPC used in the tests were 141 MPa, and 55 MPa respectively. Formulation and processing of the mixes and test specimens are also presented. Size effect and the influence of compressive strength of concrete on fracture parameters were investigated using test methods recommended by ACI Committee 446. The fracture properties investigated included crack opening displacement (COD), fracture energy GF, fracture toughness KIC, and bilinear approximation of the softening curve, for two different sizes of UHPC and HPC.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Civil Engineering
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Civil Engineering
Year
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Honarvar Gheitanbaf, Ebadollah
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Maji, Arup
  • Taha, Mahmoud
  • Gerstle, Walter

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:ce_etds-1047

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2026-07-24
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citation

Honarvar Gheitanbaf, Ebadollah. Fracture toughness of ultra high performance concrete. Thesis thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1928/13094