Point Load Test of Half-Cylinder Core Using the Numerical Model and Laboratory Tests: Size Suggestion and Correlation with Cylinder Core

Table 3

of the cylinder specimens.

Diameter (mm)	p1; (MPa)	p2; (MPa)	p3; (MPa)
18	4.16	2.78	1.32
22	4.06	2.64	1.18
26	4.10	2.80	1.43
30	4.32	2.57	1.16
34	4.14	2.49	1.20
38	4.11	2.76	1.34
50	4.16	2.63	1.26
Mean	4.15	2.67	1.27
Standard deviation	0.08	0.11	0.09
CV	0.02	0.04	0.07