Jiebin Li , Muyun Liu , Yanfei Niu , Jiangxiong Wei , Qijun Yu , Dengwu Jiao
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Abstract
This study investigated the pullout behavior of steel fibers with different curing ages (7, 14, 28 days) and inclination angles (0°, 30°, 45°, 60°), assessing the degree of matrix spalling as well as utilizing meso-mechanical model to evaluate the pullout behavior. The pullout load and average bond strength were maximum at 45° for different inclination angles, while the maximum pullout energy occurred at 60°. The spalling area of matrix was less influenced by curing age but was significantly affected by inclination angle, with the maximum spalling area occurring at 60°. An equation was provided to assess the relationship between spalling area and inclination angle. The degradation of interfacial shear stress determined the trend of descending branch (debonding stage), with the shape changing from concave to convex and the curvature of the convex shape gradually increasing with different curing ages and inclination angles. Expanding the value of shape coefficient from −0.1 to −0.05 and introducing an interfacial enhancement factor with a range of values from −8 to −2 can effectively evaluate the change of the interfacial shear stress, and the results of the numerical analysis were in agreement with experimental results.
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Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics'' aims & scopes have been re-designed to cover both the theoretical, applied, and numerical aspects associated with those cracking related phenomena taking place, at a micro-, meso-, and macroscopic level, in materials/components/structures of any kind.
The journal aims to cover the cracking/mechanical behaviour of materials/components/structures in those situations involving both time-independent and time-dependent system of external forces/moments (such as, for instance, quasi-static, impulsive, impact, blasting, creep, contact, and fatigue loading). Since, under the above circumstances, the mechanical behaviour of cracked materials/components/structures is also affected by the environmental conditions, the journal would consider also those theoretical/experimental research works investigating the effect of external variables such as, for instance, the effect of corrosive environments as well as of high/low-temperature.