Water-cement ratio on high-cycle fatigue in the theory of critical distances of plain concrete

• Main Authors: Ahmad Shah, Mohamad Shazwan, Kueh, Ahmad Beng Hong, Tamin, Mohd. Nasir, Kim, Jay Jang Ho, Ab. Kadir, Mariyana Aida, Yahaya, Nordin, Md. Noor, Norhazilan
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/102718/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40996-022-00887-w
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The theory of critical distances (TCD) represents a new area of research on fatigue damage in concrete that is primarily used to characterise fatigue and fracture behaviours. Although TCD is accurate, it appears inconsistent when considering the water–cement ratio of concrete. Such inconsistency is...