Understanding The Tensile Properties Of Concrete
Contents
- Contributor contact details xi
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and
- Structural Engineering xv
- Preface xix
- Introduction to concrete: a resilient material system
- J Weerheijm and K Van Breugel, TNO and Delft
- University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Introduction
- Concrete structure at the micro-scale: the cement matrix
- Concrete structure at the meso-scale: bond cement
- matrix and aggregates
- Concrete structure and mechanical properties
- References
- Part I Concrete in static tensile loading
- Factors affecting the tensile properties of concrete
- H W Reinhardt, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Introduction
- Effect of composition
- Effect of curing and moisture
- Effect of temperature
- Infl uence of specimen size
- Effect of age
Effect of load duration
- Effect of cyclic loading
- Effect of type of loading
- Crack development at the meso-scale
- The relationship between tensile strength and
- compressive strength
- The practical implications of laboratory tests
- References
- Modelling the effect of material composition on the
- tensile properties of concrete
- Ł Skar Ż y Ń ski and J Tejchman, Gda ń sk University of
- Technology, Poland
- Introduction
- Modelling damage in concrete
- Behaviour of concrete beams under three-point bending
- conditions
- Behaviour of concrete elements under uniaxial tension
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
