TY - JOUR
T1 - Fracture behavior of pervious concretes
T2 - The effects of pore structure and fibers
AU - Rehder, Benjamin
AU - Banh, Kingsten
AU - Neithalath, Narayanan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support from National Science Foundation (NSF) for the conduct of this study through a CAREER award to the third author. The second author acknowledges an NSF REU supplement award that helped carry out a part of this work. The contents of this paper reflect the views of the authors who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein, and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of NSF, nor do the contents constitute a standard, specification or a regulation.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - The fracture response of pervious concrete specimens proportioned for different porosities, as a function of the pore structure features and fiber volume fraction, is studied. Stereological and morphological methods are used to extract the relevant pore structure features of pervious concretes from planar images. A two-parameter fracture model is used to obtain the mode I stress intensity factor (fracture toughness) and the critical crack tip opening displacement of notched beams under three-point bending. The experimental results show that the fracture toughness is primarily dependent on the porosity of pervious concretes. For a similar porosity, an increase in pore size results in a reduction in fracture toughness. At similar pore sizes, the effect of fibers on the post-peak response is more prominent in mixtures with a higher porosity, as shown by the residual load capacity, stress-crack extension relationships, and resistance curves. These effects are explained using the mean free spacing of pores and pore-to-pore tortuosity in these systems. A sensitivity analysis is employed to quantify the influence of material design parameters on fracture toughness.
AB - The fracture response of pervious concrete specimens proportioned for different porosities, as a function of the pore structure features and fiber volume fraction, is studied. Stereological and morphological methods are used to extract the relevant pore structure features of pervious concretes from planar images. A two-parameter fracture model is used to obtain the mode I stress intensity factor (fracture toughness) and the critical crack tip opening displacement of notched beams under three-point bending. The experimental results show that the fracture toughness is primarily dependent on the porosity of pervious concretes. For a similar porosity, an increase in pore size results in a reduction in fracture toughness. At similar pore sizes, the effect of fibers on the post-peak response is more prominent in mixtures with a higher porosity, as shown by the residual load capacity, stress-crack extension relationships, and resistance curves. These effects are explained using the mean free spacing of pores and pore-to-pore tortuosity in these systems. A sensitivity analysis is employed to quantify the influence of material design parameters on fracture toughness.
KW - Crack extension
KW - Fibers
KW - Pervious concrete
KW - Pore structure
KW - Toughness
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U2 - 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.01.015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84896288064
SN - 0013-7944
VL - 118
SP - 1
EP - 16
JO - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
JF - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
ER -