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Figure 10: Images of the test setup for the creep fracture response of FRC

Figure 11: Typical data from creep fracture tests on FRC showing the load-CMOD response during pre-cracking, and overall, as well as the evolution of
load and CMOD with creep

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4. CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION reinforced concretes , related to gripping, stable closed-loop
controlled testing and accuracy of measurements. The typical
OF TEXTILE REINFORCED CONCRETE
response expected in an appropriately designed TRC is as
Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is an emerging cementitious shown in Figure 12.
composite, in which the reinforcement consists of continuous
The tensile behavior of TRC is influenced by several
fibres, typically made of glass or carbon. Though the
parameters, including the fabrication method, textile geometry,
micromechanical aspects of fracture in TRC are broadly similar
reinforcement volume fraction, number of textile layers,
to that of fibre reinforced concrete, the response of the former specimen thickness, matrix strength, and testing configuration.
exhibits multiple cracking and strain-hardening type response, Characterizing the influence of these parameters is crucial
followed by brittle failure. Moreover, the applications of TRC are for arriving at the representative experimental method,
mainly in thin elements, where the loads could induce significant quantifying reinforcement efficiency, and developing reliable
tensile stresses in the composite. Consequently, TRC is one of mechanical models. The preparation of the specimen for
the few cementitious materials that have to be characterized testing or the structural element has several complexities by
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through uniaxial tension tests. This poses certain challenges, itself, such as the need to stretch the textile to avoid slack
though not as much as in the tensile testing of plain and fibre due to the inherent waviness of yarns introduced during textile

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