Publication detail

Numerical simulation of wedge-splitting tests on specimens made of cementitious composites preparation for experimental testing

VESELÝ, V. GROCHALOVÁ, E. SEITL, S. KERŠNER, Z.

Original Title

Numerical simulation of wedge-splitting tests on specimens made of cementitious composites preparation for experimental testing

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The FEM study presented in this paper is focused on the fracture analysis of selected cases of wedge-splitting tests carried out on cube-shaped specimens made of a quasi-brittle material cementitious composite. Several boundary condition variants proposed in the literature regarding both the loading and supports are investigated with the aim of eliminating or decreasing some negative effects occurring in this type of test. These effects may distort the structural responses of the specimen that are recorded during the test and then utilized in the determination of fracture-mechanical parameter values of the tested materials in order to serve as inputs for numerical analyses and predictions of the behaviour of real structures. The revealed consequences of the choice of test setup on the values of fracture parameters are discussed, and some recommendations for experimental testing are stated.

Keywords

wedge-splitting test, cementitious composites, quasi-brittle fracture, damage zone extent, numerical simulation

Authors

VESELÝ, V.; GROCHALOVÁ, E.; SEITL, S.; KERŠNER, Z.

RIV year

2010

Released

24. 11. 2010

Location

Štrbské Pleso, Slovenská republika

ISBN

978-80-89284-68-9

Book

Structural and Physical Aspects of Civil Engineering

Pages from

1

Pages to

9

Pages count

9

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT36540,
  author="Václav {Veselý} and Eva {Grochalová} and Stanislav {Seitl} and Zbyněk {Keršner}",
  title="Numerical simulation of wedge-splitting tests on specimens made of cementitious composites preparation for experimental testing",
  booktitle="Structural and Physical Aspects of Civil Engineering",
  year="2010",
  pages="1--9",
  address="Štrbské Pleso, Slovenská republika",
  isbn="978-80-89284-68-9"
}