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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS
Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 823-833Publisher
TECHNO-PRESS
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2012.43.6.823
Keywords
polymer concrete; SCB specimen; tensile strength; fracture toughness; experiment
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An experimental method was suggested for obtaining fracture toughness (K-Ic) and the tensile strength (sigma(t)) of chopped strand glass fiber reinforced polymer concretes (PC). Semi-circular bend (SCB) specimens subjected to three-point bending were used for conducting the experiments on the PC material. While the edge cracked SCB specimen could be used to evaluate fracture toughness, the tensile strength was obtained from the un-cracked SCB specimen. The experiments showed the practical applicability of both cracked and un-cracked SCB specimens for using as suitable techniques for measuring K-Ic and sigma(t), in polymer concretes. In comparison with the conventional rectangular bend beam specimen, the suggested SCB samples need significantly less material due to its smaller size. Furthermore, the average values of sigma(t), and K-Ic of tested PC were approximately 3.5 to 4.5 times the corresponding values obtained for conventional concrete showing the improved strength properties of PC relative to the conventional concretes.
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