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<article-title>Size Independent Fracture Energy of Ultra High Performance Concrete by Boundary Effect Method</article-title>
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<author>Prabhat Ranjan Prem<sup>a</sup>, A. Rama Chandra Murthy and Nagesh R. Iyer  </author>

<aff>CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, India. </aff>

<email><a href="mailto:prabhat@serc.res.in "><sup>a</sup>prabhat@serc.res.in </a></email>

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<p>The present study computes size independent fracture energy of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) using boundary effect method. Simplified boundary effect method proposed by Abdalla, &amp; Karihaloo (2003) has been employed to compute size independent fracture energy. To determine the size independent fracture energy three-point bend (TPB) tests have been conducted on UHPC beams (100 &#215; 100 &#215; 500 mm) size having notch depth 5 mm and 50 mm under displacement control loading.<br />The size independent fracture energy found is 5046 N/m and ligament length 7.9 cm.  </p>
<p><i>Keywords: </i>Ultra high performance concrete, Fracture energy, Size dependent and size independent. </p>
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