Deformational behavior of concrete specimens in uniaxial compression under different boundary conditions
This paper reports experimental data produced by a series of uniaxial compression tests on cylindrical specimens of concrete. The specimens were tested under four different boundary conditions, with their deformational behavior carefully recorded to study the ensuing strain-softening behavior. The present note describes the authors' contribution of this program, which consisted of a study of the effect of the frictional forces that aimed to establish that the descending branch is due to the interaction between the specimen and the loading machine structure and, hence, concrete can be described as a brittle material (i.e., as a material characterized by a complete and immediate loss of load-carrying capacity as soon as the peak stress is exceeded).
- Research Organization:
- Imperial Coll. of Science, London (GB)
- OSTI ID:
- 20026634
- Journal Information:
- Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 30, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 2000; ISSN 0008-8846
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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