FraMCoS 5

FraMCoS-5 Conference Program

Scientific and social program for FraMCoS-5, Vail, CO, USA. Fifth International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures & Post-Conference Workshops April 12-16, 2004 Vail Cascade Resort, Vail, Colorado IA-FraMCoS International Association for Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures PROGRAM http://www.ust.hk/framcos5 FRAMCOS-5 ORGANIZATION The FraMCoS-5 Conference is co-organized by the University of

February 14, 2026

FraMCoS-5 Meeting Minutes

Board and General Assembly minutes from FraMCoS-5, Vail, CO, USA. Minutes for the IA-FramCoS Board of Director Meeting at Vail, Colorado During the conference at Vail, two separate board meetings were held. The first meeting was attended by the Board of Directors and the FraMCoS-5 organizers, while the second meeting was attended by the Board

February 14, 2026

Strength Size Effect in Quasi-Brittle Structures

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February 14, 2026

Stress Hybrid Finite Elements with Multiple Embedded Cracks

A technique to embed multiple displacement discontinuities and non-uniform discontinuity modes into stress hybrid elements is presented. This technique is an effort to make the stress hybrid elements suitable for fracture mechanics analyses, extending the capabilities of the embedded discontinuity finite elements.

February 14, 2026

Stress-Strain Relationships of Concrete Damaged Freezing and Thawing Cycles

This study attempted to develop models for stress-strain relationships in tension and compression of concrete damaged by freezing and thawing cycles (FTC). Concrete specimens in shapes of cylinders and prisms were tested with the ASTM FTC test and in an environmental chamber where temperature and moisture conditions can be controlled as desired. After a certain

February 14, 2026

Tailoring of Pre-existing Flaws in ECC Matrix for Saturated Strain Hardening

Strain-hardening and magnitude of ductility in high performance fiber reinforced composites are closely related to matrix properties, e.g. the pre-existing flaw size distribution and the matrix fracture toughness. For a brittle matrix composite such as ECC, cracking strength is determined by the largest flaw in the section normal to the maximum principle stress. The maximum

February 14, 2026

Tensile Failure of Concrete at High Loading Rates: Instrumented Spalling Tests

For the numerical prediction of the response of concrete structures under extreme dynamic loading, like debris impact and explosions, reliable material data and material models are essential. TNO- PML and the Delft University of Technology collaborate in the field of impact dynamics and concrete modelling. Recently, TNO-PML developed an alternative SHB test methodology which is

February 14, 2026

Tensile Properties of ECC in Full-Scale Production

ECC is a strain-hardening, highly ductile cementitious composite. The major studies on ECC are limited to a laboratory scale without experiences in the full-scale plants. This may interfere with practical applications of the ECC. Full-scale mixing experiments of total 11 batches were executed, and mechanical and fresh state properties were tested. It was proven that

February 14, 2026

Tensile response of high performance hybrid fibre concrete

Hybrid Fibre Concretes (HFC) are newly developed cement composites, whose main characteristic is utilization of different types of steel fibres in high-strength mortar mixtures. Although the flexural behaviour was very superiour, the determination of uniaxial tensile behaviour is necessary to provide a basis for design. In this paper, results of uniaxial tensile tests on HFCs

February 14, 2026

Testing and Modeling the Behavior of Concrete Under Cyclic Tensile Loading

Based on the results of fracture mechanical and phenomenological investigations a new ma- terial law for concrete under cyclic tensile loading was developed. Its constitutive relations are based on a physically sound rheological-statistical model consisting of simple rheological elements. The verification of the model by means of a comparison between the results of numerical calculations

February 14, 2026

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