Publication detail

Work of fracture due to compressive component of loading in wedge splitting test on quasi-brittle cementitious specimens

VESELÝ, V. BEDÁŇ, J. SOBEK, J. SEITL, S.

Original Title

Work of fracture due to compressive component of loading in wedge splitting test on quasi-brittle cementitious specimens

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the influence of the compressive (vertical) component of the loading force in the wedge splitting test on the values of fracture characteristics determined using standard procedures where this component is ignored. Particularly, a portion of work of fracture due to this compressive component of loading working on vertical displacements is investigated and given into relation with the common part of work of fracture calculated in the horizontal direction only. The results show that, based on the angle and width of the wedge used in the particular WST configuration, the portion of the work of fracture due to compressive loading can be considerable and should not be neglected.

Keywords

Wedge splitting test, splitting force, compressive force, work of fracture, fracture energy, quasi-brittle fracture, numerical simulation

Authors

VESELÝ, V.; BEDÁŇ, J.; SOBEK, J.; SEITL, S.

RIV year

2015

Released

15. 4. 2015

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

1013-9826

Periodical

Key Engineering Materials (print)

Year of study

2015

Number

627

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

317

Pages to

320

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT123877,
  author="Václav {Veselý} and Jan {Bedáň} and Jakub {Sobek} and Stanislav {Seitl}",
  title="Work of fracture due to compressive component of loading in wedge splitting test on quasi-brittle cementitious specimens",
  booktitle="Fracture and Damage Mechanics, FDM 2014",
  year="2015",
  journal="Key Engineering Materials (print)",
  volume="2015",
  number="627",
  pages="317--320",
  address="Switzerland",
  doi="10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.627.317",
  issn="1013-9826"
}