Values of fracture parameters of quasi-brittle building materials are usually determined from results of tests performed on notched testing specimens. The paper focuses o [...]

The knowledge of fracture-mechanical parameters is fundamental for failure modelling of concrete structures. Problems of the true fracture energy of this quasi-brittle ma [...]

Selected experimental results from static loading tests of pre-tensioned railway sleepers and results of numerical simulations of the test are presented in this paper. Th [...]

This paper is focused on fracture energy which belongs to the basic fracture-mechanical characteristics of quasi-brittle materials. This parameter is explored here from t [...]