Damage in High-Strength Concrete Due toMonotonic and Cyclic Compression-A StudyBased on Splitting Tensile Strength

The splitting tension test is used to determine an engineering measure of the damage induced by uniaxial compressive loading. The method is applied to monotonic and cyclic loading. Tests results indicate that damage in high-strength concrete evolves at a much lower rate than in normal concretes. Also, it is observed that tensile strength could be reduced by 25 percent due to compressive stresses applied in a transverse direction.