EFFECTS OF LOADING FREQUENCY AND STRESS REVERSAL ON FATIGUE LIFE OF PLAIN CONCRETE

Authors
ZHANG B PHILLIPS DV WU K
Citation
B. Zhang et al., EFFECTS OF LOADING FREQUENCY AND STRESS REVERSAL ON FATIGUE LIFE OF PLAIN CONCRETE, Magazine of Concrete Research, 48(177), 1996, pp. 361-375
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Construcion & Building Technology
Journal title
Magazine of Concrete Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00249831
Volume
48
Issue
177
Year of publication
1996
Pages
361 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9831(1996)48:177<361:EOLFAS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The effects of loading frequency and stress reversal on the fatigue pr operties of concrete were investigated by conducting flexural fatigue tests on plain concrete beams. A new fatigue equation based on the cla ssical Aas-Jakobsen S-N equation is proposed which contains the above effects. This equation agrees well with previous experimental results and proves to be suitable for some other loading states other than ben ding.