Research Article

A Comparative Experimental Study on the Flexural Behavior of High-Strength  Fiber-Reinforced Concrete and High-Strength Concrete Beams

Table 3

Experimental results of the beam specimens.

Beam specimensInitial cracking stateYielding statePeak stateCrack stiffness Kcr (kN/mm)Ductility indexFlexural toughness (kN·mm)Normalized flexural toughness (kN·mm)
Pcr (kN)Mcr (kN)Δcr (mm)Py (kN)My (kN)Δy (mm)Pp (kN)Mp (kN)Δp (mm)

H100-R116.19.60.978.046.827.395.357.292.12.353.386,9806,980
H100-R216.49.81.0129.030.530.5139.683.845.03.821.475,2245,224
H100-R312.77.60.9162.032.632.6174.6104.847.84.711.475,6415,641
H120-R123.314.01.286.451.822.299.459.696.13.004.348,0658,229
H120-R217.410.40.9120.472.226.0131.679.060.94.112.356,4826,614
H120-R317.410.41.0157.294.328.5170.2102.164.55.092.268,2308,397
HF120-R146.427.82.9145.187.122.3149.389.630.55.091.375,4564,950
HF120-R262.237.35.1172.4103.422.8185.0111.032.56.231.438,0877,337
HF120-R358.835.34.2222.0133.225.7236.8142.141.07.591.6013,97112,676