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Title:

EFFECT OF STRESS ON THE DYNAMIC MODULUS OF CONCRETE

Accession Number:

00212313

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF STRESS INTENSITY ON THE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY OF CONCRETE. STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAMS ARE SHOWN WHICH WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR STATIC TESTS AND BY USING THE VIBRATORY DATA FOR TRANSVERSE RESONANT VIBRATIONS AT VARIOUS STRESS INTENSITIES. THE VARIOUS TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON THE SAME CYLINDERS, THEREBY USING THE SAME SPECIMEN FOR BOTH THE VIBRATORY AND STATIC TESTS. THE VIBRATORY TEST IS AN ADAPTATION OF ASTM C215-60 WITH THE SPECIMENS VIBRATED IN THEIR TRANSVERSE MODE. THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION INDICATE THAT THE DYNAMIC MODULUS OF ELASTICITY INCREASES AS THE INTENSITY OF STRESS ON THE SPECIMEN INCREASES. THE INCREASE IN THE DYNAMIC MODULUS OF ELASTICITY VARIED FROM 7 TO 18 PERCENT FOR DIFFERENT STRENGTH SEPECIMENS WHEREAS THE CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN THE STATIC TANGENT MODULUS WAS 54 AND 7 PERCENT FOR THE SAME SPECIMENS. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

No 3, pp 62-73, 9 FIG, 8 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Title:

Properties of concrete

Monograph Accession #:

01409976

Authors:

Linger, D A

Discussers:

McCoy, Ernest

Pagination:

pp 62-

Publication Date:

1963

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 3
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures; Photos; References

Subject Areas:

Highways; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 23 1994 12:00AM

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