Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Direct Tension Test for Cylindrical Concrete Specimens

Table 3

Results for direct tension tests presenting mean/standard deviation (MPa).

MixBatchCompressive strengthFlexural tensile strengthSplitting tensile strengthDirect tensile strength

M-1B-123.4/1.263.75/0.182.28/0.151.55/0.06
B-224.8/0.823.93/0.252.33/0.151.77/0.12
B-323.7/0.794.48/0.231.82/0.281.52/0.04

Mean/std.24.0/1.094.05/0.382.14/0.301.61/0.14

M-2B-438.2/1.445.07/0.403.02/0.242.13/0.15
B-538.2/0.355.00/0.213.01/0.162.13/0.07
B-639.2/0.185.24/0.163.03/0.292.25/0.06

Mean/std.38.5/0.905.10/0.263.02/0.212.17/0.11

M-3B-754.0/1.436.07/0.343.84/0.132.44/0.11
B-859.2/1.566.73/0.333.80/0.412.53/0.08
B-956.7/3.656.78/0.413.84/0.202.50/0.06

Mean/std.56.6/3.066.53/0.473.83/0.242.49/0.08