Experimental research on the behaviour of high frequency fatigue in concrete

Abstract Calculating the fatigue strength of concrete under the cyclic load of vehicles when designing bridges is an issue which is receiving more and more attention from many engineers and researchers. Based on this fact, fatigue tests of plain concrete under constant-amplitude and stepping-amplitude cyclic loads were conducted. The mechanism which damages plain concrete specimens under high frequency fatigue loads was analysed and a non-linear accumulative fatigue formula that causes the damage was proposed. A fatigue equation P – S – N that considers the failure probability p ′ was given. The results of this research are a good preparation for further studies into high frequency fatigue tests of concrete cylinders reinforced with carbon fibre.