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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages 109-118Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.03.148
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Crack speed; Impact loading; Strain-rate effects; Ultra high performance concrete
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- National Science Foundation - United States [CMS 0928193]
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Korea Railroad Research Institute, Republic of Korea
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This paper investigates crack speed in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) using pre-notched three-point bending specimens. The experimental parameters are fiber volume fraction and rate of loading. A hydraulic servo-controlled testing machine is used to apply lower notch tip strain rates, in the range of 0.025-1.0 1/s, while a newly developed impact testing system is used to achieve higher notch tip strain rates, ranging from 6.8 to 41.1 1/s. A high-speed camera is used to record images of the UHPC specimens during testing. Notch tip strain and crack speed are computed from the images, which show that crack speed increases asymptotically as the crack initiation strain rate increases. Crack speeds of up to 514 m/s were achieved at the lower notch tip strain rates and up to 1454 m/s for the higher notch tip strain rates. The achieved relationships are incorporated into a recently proposed crack-velocity dependent dynamic fracture model. The model is validated using published experimental data and used to show that, like conventional concrete, the strain rate sensitivity of UHPC is strongly associated with the characteristics of dynamic crack growth. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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