scholarly journals Dependence of fracture size effect and projectile penetration on fiber content of FRC

Author(s):  
Zdeněk P Bažant ◽  
Mohammad Rasoolinejad ◽  
Abdullah Dönmez ◽  
Wen Luo
2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. P. Bazˇant

Continuing the analysis of fracture size effect in Part I, which was focused on the maximum force in vertical penetration of ice, Part II tackles the problem maximum force that can be applied by a moving ice plate on an obstacle presented by a fixed structure. Based on an asymptotic approach, approximate solutions for are obtained for the size effects of ice thickness, effective structure diameter and, in the case of a finite ice floe, the size of the floe.


2012 ◽  
Vol 538-541 ◽  
pp. 1789-1795
Author(s):  
Ming Ke Deng ◽  
Yun Tao Chang ◽  
Xing Wen Liang

Engineered fiber reinforced cementitious composite (ECC) can significantly improve the seismic performance and durability of concrete structures, which has pseudo strain hardening and multiple cracking performances. Through 32 groups of 192 specimens for compressive strength of ECC, the orthogonal test study on the cube compression failure process, and further research on water binder ratio, fiber content by volume, fly ash content and sand binder ratio of 4 kinds of factors on the size effect of ECC cube compressive strength. The test result shows that: PVA fiber content increases, ECC compressive toughness is improved obviously; water binder ratio and fiber content are the main factors which affect the ECC compressive strength and size effect. When water binder ratio decrease, the compressive strength of ECC materials improve and size effect coefficient increase. Fiber content increase, the compressive strength of test block increase and the size effect coefficient increase. Through the bending tests, we know that: the fiber content by volume increases, the ECC flexural strength of the composite increases gradually.


Author(s):  
B. Peng ◽  
H. D. Espinosa

Strength characterization and analysis of fracture size effect in ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) thin films are presented. In this work, we report the changes in mechanical properties of UNCD by the addition of nitrogen gas to the Ar/CH4 microwave plasma. Both undoped and doped UNCD films show a decrease in fracture strength with an increase in specimen size. The strength data, obtained by using the membrane deflection experiment (MDE) developed at Nothwestern University, is interpreted using Weibull statistics. The capability of the theory is examined in conjunction with detailed fractographic analysis. The Weibull parameters are estimated by maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) based on 480 tests when the specimen volume varies from 500 to 1600 cubic microns. The results show that one can predict the fracture strength of a component possessing any arbitrary volume to within ±3% from the fracture strength identified from the tested specimens. The failure mode of UNCD is suggested to be volume controlled.


1994 ◽  
Vol 120 (8) ◽  
pp. 2377-2398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdeněk P. Bažant ◽  
Joško Ožbolt ◽  
Rolf Eligehausen

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (PR8) ◽  
pp. Pr8-63-Pr8-70
Author(s):  
S. Carassou ◽  
M. Soilleux ◽  
B. Marini

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