Effect of Strain Rate on the Compressive Mechanical Properties of Concrete

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Concrete is one of the most widely used construction material throughout the world. But the properties of concrete under different strain rates differ from each other greatly. In order to investigate the effect of strain rate on concrete compressive mechanical properties, compressive experiments of concrete specimens (C35) are carried out on MTS, with the uniaxial strain rates ranging from 10-5/s to 10-2/s. The compressive mechanical properties of concrete under different stain rates, which include compressive strength, elastic modulus, peak strain and Poisson's ratio are studied systematically. The formulas which can describe the change laws of the compressive properties of concrete under different the strain rates are proposed. The test results show that the compresseive strength and elastic modulus of concrete would increase with the strain rate increasing. The effect of strain rate on peak strain and and Poisson's ratio is not significant. These research achievements can contribute to grasp the dynamic properties and build the dynamic constitutive models of concrete.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 450-451)

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244-247

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January 2012

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