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Mixed mode fracture of cementitious bimaterial interfaces; Part I: Experimental results

Slowik, Volker and Kishen, JM Chandra and Saouma, Victor E (1998) Mixed mode fracture of cementitious bimaterial interfaces; Part I: Experimental results. In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 60 (01). pp. 83-94.

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Abstract

An experimental investigation on the mixed mode response of concrete interfaces is reported. Large simulated rock/concrete bimaterial specimens are subjected to the complex stress field that exists along a dam/foundation interface. Based on the observed crack trajectory, and on the recorded loads and displacements, important qualitative conclusions are drawn. It was observed that a crack which initiates at the interface is likely to kink into the adjoining rock when subjected to mixed mode loading as in a dam, and that the overall interface strength is only slightly affected by the curvilinear crack.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords: interface cracks;mixed mode loading;dam;concrete.
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2009 11:17
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2018 12:28
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/18956

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