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A detailed description of the instrumented dropweight impact machine is presented. The instrumentation, the calibration, the inertial loading correction, and the dynamic analysis of a concrete beam specimen undergoing three-point impact flexural loading are described. Some results, using such an impact testing machine, obtained from tests done on plain concrete, fiber-reinforced concrete, and conventionally reinforced concrete are presented. It is concluded that the use of such a testing machine may be successfully made in order to test cementitious materials under impact.
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Banthia, N., Mindess, S., Bentur, A. et al. Impact testing of concrete using a drop-weight impact machine. Experimental Mechanics 29, 63–69 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327783
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327783