Abstract: Fracture processes in cement-based materials are characterized by a large-scale fracture process zone, localization of deformation, and strain softening. Many studies have been conducted to understand ...

Abstract: An incremental type of stress‐strain relationship is proposed for simulating the hysteretic response of concrete, subjected to biaxial cyclic loading. The behavior of concrete is represented by an infinite number of ...

Abstract: A fracture mechanics‐based theoretical model is presented to predict the crack propagation resistance of fiber‐reinforced cement‐based composites. Mode I crack propagation and steel fibers are treated in the roposed model. ...

Abstract: Fibers with inclination angles of 0°, 14°, 27°, and 37°, respectively, were pulled out from a cementitious matrix. For each inclination angle, two types of specimens with 16 and eight steel fibers, respectively, were tested. ...

Abstract: The pullout of a single fiber from a brittle matrix is widely recognized as one of the basic tests to be performed to provide information about the expected behavior of a given fiber‐reinforced brittle matrix composite ...

Abstract: The capability of rough cracks in concrete to transmit significant amounts of shear has been well recognized for the past few decades. In spite of extensive analysis and experimentation of interface shear, general constitutive ...

Abstract: In this paper, the behavior of concrete under static and fatigue compressive load is studied. Cylindrical specimens were subjected to static cyclic and constant amplitude fatigue loading. The static cyclic tests were ...

Abstract: Extruded high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites offer a number of benefits over the materials currently used in residential construction, including improved strength, ductility and durability, increased ...

Abstract: Analytical and experimental studies of a sliding structural system are undertaken. The analytical studies show that the intensity of ground motion transmitted to the structure is largely limited by friction and the response ...

Abstract: A study of the process zone in Charcoal and Rockville granites, average grain sizes of 1 and 10 mm, is conducted using the double‐cantilever‐beam and double‐edge‐notched geometries. The fracture process for mode I (tensile) ...