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. 2024 Nov 4;17(21):5387. doi: 10.3390/ma17215387

Table 6.

Crack initiation fracture toughness KICini and unstable fracture toughness KICun of plain concrete specimens calculated by DKFM. KICini is determined from cracking load Pini and initial crack size a0. KICun corresponds to the peak load Pu and equivalent crack size ac just before the onset of unstable fracture.

Specimen Pini
(kN)
a0
(mm)
α0 F0) KICini
(MPa·m)
Pu
(kN)
CMODc
(mm)
γ αc ac
(mm)
Fc) KICini
(MPa·m)
JZ-W-2-1 13.03 20 0.1 1.01 0.62 24.81 0.03 0.75 0.21 42.42 0.99 1.69
JZ-W-2-2 12.74 20 0.1 1.01 0.61 24.06 0.05 1.28 0.31 62.07 1.05 2.11
JZ-W-2-3 10.1 20 0.1 1.01 0.48 23.12 0.04 1.07 0.28 55.14 1.02 1.86
JZ-W-2-4 21.51 20 0.1 1.01 1.02 25.59 0.05 1.20 0.30 59.72 1.04 2.18
JZ-W-2-5 21.61 20 0.1 1.01 1.03 24.04 0.04 1.03 0.27 53.70 1.02 1.90
JZ-W-2-6 22.76 20 0.1 1.01 1.08 24.34 0.04 1.01 0.27 53.24 1.02 1.91
WJ-1 N.A. * 20 0.1 1.01 N.A. * 21.66 0.05 1.42 0.33 66.12 1.08 2.01
WJ-2 N.A. * 20 0.1 1.01 N.A. * 27.11 0.05 1.14 0.29 57.54 1.03 2.24
WJ-3 N.A. * 20 0.1 1.01 N.A. * 28.77 0.05 1.07 0.28 55.31 1.02 2.31
WJ-4 N.A. * 20 0.1 1.01 N.A. * 28.31 0.05 1.09 0.28 55.91 1.03 2.30
WJ-5 N.A. * 20 0.1 1.01 N.A. * 33.39 0.04 0.74 0.21 42.11 0.99 2.26
WJ-6 N.A. * 20 0.1 1.01 N.A. * 21.99 0.06 1.68 0.36 72.61 1.12 2.22
JZ-W-4-1 11.61 40 0.2 0.99 0.77 20.16 0.06 1.83 0.38 75.99 1.14 2.13
JZ-W-4-2 16.58 40 0.2 0.99 1.10 20.06 0.05 1.54 0.35 69.10 1.10 1.93
JZ-W-4-3 8.62 40 0.2 0.99 0.57 17.31 0.06 2.14 0.41 81.88 1.20 1.98
JZ-W-4-4 12.61 40 0.2 0.99 0.84 16.57 0.06 2.23 0.42 83.55 1.21 1.94
JZ-W-6-1 6.45 60 0.3 1.04 0.56 12.21 0.07 3.53 0.50 100.61 1.43 1.85
JZ-W-6-2 7.65 60 0.3 1.04 0.66 12.07 0.08 4.08 0.53 105.70 1.51 1.99
JZ-W-6-4 5.82 60 0.3 1.04 0.51 13.14 0.07 3.28 0.49 97.97 1.39 1.91
JZ-W-8-2 7.81 80 0.4 1.18 0.88 11.76 0.07 3.67 0.51 101.94 1.45 1.83
JZ-W-8-3 9.48 80 0.4 1.18 1.06 11.55 0.07 3.74 0.51 102.58 1.46 1.81
JZ-W-8-4 5.48 80 0.4 1.18 0.62 8.74 0.05 3.53 0.50 100.53 1.42 1.33
JZ-W-10-1 4.85 100 0.5 1.42 0.74 7.03 0.06 5.26 0.57 114.20 1.68 1.35
JZ-W-10-2 4.67 100 0.5 1.42 0.71 7.95 0.06 4.65 0.55 110.13 1.60 1.42
JZ-W-10-3 3.85 100 0.5 1.42 0.59 9.04 0.07 4.77 0.55 110.99 1.61 1.64
JZ-W-10-4 7.81 100 0.5 1.42 1.18 9.83 0.11 6.90 0.61 122.71 1.91 2.21

* Cracking load was not measured for specimens WJ-1 to WJ-6.