Abstract: This paper presents an experimental study on how the crack-parallel stress affects the fracture properties of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) using the gap test—a new simple fracture test invented and used for concrete at ...

Abstract: In the existing database on shear load capacity, tests of very large beams are scarce. Valuable additions to the database have recently been made in 2021 at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), and in 2015 at the ...