Scientific programme for FraMCoS-11. THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FRACTURE MECHANICS OF CONCRETE AND CONCRETE STRUCTURES FraMCoS – 11 10 – 14 September, 2023 I n d i a n I n s t i t u t e o f S c i e n c e I n d i a n I
Concrete serves as a prevalent construction material in various infrastructure elements, including bridge decks, airfield and highway pavements, offshore structures, and machinery foundations. Many of these structures undergo fatigue loading, which is a process of gradually introducing permanent internal changes to the material, resulting in the reduction of remaining life of the structure. Despite its
Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) is an advanced composite material comprising of fine- grained concrete strengthened with continuous textile fibers. Due to its good load-bearing capacity andnon-corrosive characteristics, TRC has gained significant attention for its sustainability and long- lasting properties. In this study, flexural behavior of TRC reinforced with 4 layers of textile is studied through
Fatigue crack growth is a critical issue in the field of structural engineering, including concrete structures. Concrete is a heterogeneous quasi-brittle material and its behaviour is affected byvarious factors such as loading conditions, material properties, and environmental factors. Fatigue crack propagation in concrete is regarded as a random phenomenon because it depends on various factors
High-performance concretes (HPC) are an emerging material in modern structural design, enabling the development of ever more robust and slender structures. This mode of construction, however, opens up new problems. While gaining compressive strength, HPC loses deformation capacity, ductility and gets more and more prone to fatigue loading. Hence, special attention needs to be paid
In this research, the flexural fatigue performance of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) panels is experimentally evaluated. TRC panels made of four layers of E-glass textile fibres are prepared and tested under a three-point bending configuration in conjunction with the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique. The load-deflection response, stiffness degradation, and crack propagation are evaluated to
The mixed mode crack growth in reinforced concrete is studied for effects of size and reinforcement ratios. The beam specimens were reinforced with a single longitudinal bar and no shear reinforcement was provided. In the experimental work, three reinforcing bar diameters i.e. 8mm,10mmand12mmwereusedforthesmall,mediumandlargebeamspecimensrespectively. The notch was provided at the quarter span, as it is the
Mechanical and fracture behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) depends on several factors such as the type of textile fibre, number of textile layers, cement matrix strength, volume fraction of fibres, mesh size, aggregate size, and most importantly the bonding between the textile fibre and the matrix. In this study, the flexural behaviour of TRC