Non-Traditional Geometry for Wedge-Splitting Test
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Tereza Juhaszova,
Petr Miarka,
Stanislav Seitl
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| Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Civil Engineering Series |
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2021, Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 1-5
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Doi: 10.35181/tces-2021-0001
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The wedge-splitting test is widely used in the testing of fracture mechanical parameters of concrete or concrete-like materials. This test provides a stable crack propagation, which was analysed on a cube specimen. Another interesting application for measuring fracture mechanical properties combines wedge-splitting test with a three-point bending test. In this contribution, we analyse the stress fields in such a nontraditional geometry of wedge-splitting test by employing a linear elastic fracture mechanics.
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