PSI - Issue 5

Patrizia Bernardi et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 5 (2017) 848–855 Patrizia Bernardi et al. / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2017) 000 – 000

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Figure 2. Experimental data and numerical curves in terms of load-CMOD for: (a) plain concrete specimens; (b) FRC specimens with a fibre content equal to 0.5% by volume; (c) FRC specimens with a fibre content equal to 2.5% by volume.