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Observation of fracture process zone by laser speckle technique and governing mechanism in fracture of concrete

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Fracture tests with a wedge-loading device are carried out on mortar and concrete specimens so as to have stable crack growth. Using laser speckle technique the length of macrocrack and the distribution of crack opening displacement are measured. Results are compared with those obtained by the boundary element method (BEM) analysis for a Dugdale-Barenblatt-type model of a fracture process zone. The governing mechanism in fracture of concrete and the mechanism which is represented by the model are discussed with special attention to the microcracking zone. It is deduced that a Dugdale-Barenblatt-type model does not represent the microcracking zone, thus implying that the microcracking zone and the bridging zone correspond to the pre-peak nonlinear part of the stress-strain curve in a uniaxial tension test and the post-peak tension-softening curve, respectively. It is concluded that the effect of microcracking on the maximum load is less significant than that of bridging. Possible models which include the effect of microcracking in addition to that of bridging are proposed.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideyuki Horii

  2. Kajima Institute of Construction Technology, Kajima Corporation, Tobitakyu, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshimichi Ichinomiya

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Horii, H., Ichinomiya, T. Observation of fracture process zone by laser speckle technique and governing mechanism in fracture of concrete. Int J Fract 51, 19–29 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00020850

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