Research Article

Effect of Low-Stress Fatigue on the Off-Crack-Plane Fracture Energy in Engineered Cementitious Composites

Table 2

Fracture parameters from three-point bending beams.

Specimen numbera0 (mm)Pini (kN)Pmax (kN)CMODC (mm)JIC (kJ/m2)JIF (kJ/m2)

V-0-1600.740.9020.0490.0110.012
V-0-2600. 80.9620.0530.00810.0085
V-0-3600.821.0520.0510.0080.011
Averageā€”0.790.9720.0510.0090.0105
V-2-1602.757.022.120.0358.1
V-2-2602.556.92.330.0327.9
V-2-36037.11.910.0387.3
Averageā€”2.7772.120.0357.77

Note. V-0 and V-2 represent the fiber volume fraction of 0 and 2% in the ECC, respectively.