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Title:

DEFORMATION OF CONCRETE AND ITS CONSTITUENT MATERIALS IN UNIAXIAL TENSION

Accession Number:

00213845

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

STRESS--STRAIN CURVES FOR CONCRETE LOADED IN UNIAXIAL TENSION ARE SHOWN FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF MIXES. THE DATA ILLUSTRATE THE INFLUENCE OF WATER--CEMENT RATIO AND MAXIMUM SIZE, GRADING, AND TYPE OF AGGREGATE ON THE FORM OF THE STRESS--STRAIN CURVE. IN ADDITION, ALL MIXES ARE FOUND TO CONFORM TO A DIMENSIONLESS STRESS--STRAIN CURVE PLOTTED IN TERMS OF TENSILE STRENGTH AND FAILURE STRAIN. STRESS--STRAIN CURVES FOR CEMENT PASTE AND ROCK ARE ALSO SHOWN, AND VALUES FOR THE BOND STRENGTH OF VARIOUS PASTE--ROCK COMBINATIONS ARE INCLUDED. EXPERIMENTAL VALUES OF THE INITIAL TANGENT MODULUS OF DIFFERENT CONCRETES ARE COMPARED WITH ANALYTICAL VALUES OBTAINED BY USING EQUATIONS PROPOSED IN THE LITERATURE, AND FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IS OBSERVED. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Committee on Mechanical Properties of Concrete and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting. 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 Accession #:

01410263

Authors:

JOHNSTON, C D

Pagination:

pp 66-76

Publication Date:

1970

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 324
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (11) ; References (8) ; Tables (7)

Uncontrolled Terms:

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Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 25 1971 12:00AM

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