Abstract:The load-displacement (P-δ) curve, recorded during the fracture process of concrete in three-point bending tests, is supposed to depict a fracture phenomenon of statistical character that can be suitably described by a density function pertaining to the generalized extreme value family, which proves to be maximal Fréchet, as a particular case of heavy tail distributions. Since the proposed analytical function fits the test record throughout, the nonmeasured fracture work, corresponding to the upper asymptotic … Show more
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