A new experimental method, utilizing elliptical ring specimens, is developed for assessing the likelihood of cracking and cracking age of concrete subject to restrained shrinkage. To investigate the mechanism of this new ring test, a fracture mechanics-based numerical approach is proposed to predict crack initiation in restrained concrete rings by using the R-curve method. It has been found that numerical results accord well with experimental results in terms of cracking ages for both circular and elliptical concrete rings, indicating that the proposed fracture mechanics-based numerical approach is reliable for analyzing cracking in concrete ring specimens subject to restrained shrinkage. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
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Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaHong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Li, Shou-Zhen
Wang, Jin-Jin
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Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaHong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Wang, Jin-Jin
Jiang, Liming
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Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaHong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Jiang, Liming
Deng, Ran
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Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Shenzhen Res Inst, Shenzhen 518063, Peoples R China
Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaHong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Deng, Ran
Wang, Yu-Hang
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Chongqing Univ, Sch Civil Engn, Chongqing 400000, Peoples R China
Key Lab New Technol Construct Cities Mt Area, Chongqing 400045, Peoples R ChinaHong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Environm & Energy Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China