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February 14, 2022
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Size effect on the compressive fatigue of fibre-reinforced concrete

Publicated to: Construction And Building Materials. 322 - 2022-01-01 322(), DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.126238

Authors:

Ortega, J. J.; Ruiz, G.; Poveda, E.; Gonzalez, D. C.; Tarifa, M.; Zhang, X. X.; Yu, R. C.; Vicente, M. A.; de la Rosa, A.; Garijo, L.;
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Univ Burgos, E Politecn Super, Campus Milanera Edif D,C Villadiego S-N, Burgos 09001, Spain - Author
Univ Castilla La Mancha, CyP, ETSI Caminos, Av Camilo Jose Cela S-N, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain - Author
Univ Castilla La Mancha, EI Minera & Ind Almaden, Pza Manuel Meca 1, Almaden 13400, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Aeronaut & Espacio, Pza Cardenal Cisneros 3, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Minas & Energia, C Alenza 4, Madrid 28003, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The size effect on the compressive fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced concrete is herein studied by testing cubes of 40 mm, 80 mm and 150 mm in edge length. Even though the compressive strength resulted the same in the three cases due to the ductility of the material in this range of sizes, the size effect was evident on the fatigue response of the 40-mm specimens, which reached numbers of cycles up to three orders of magnitude higher than expected. Furthermore, the mean residual strength of run-out specimens of this size increased by 42% due to the cyclic loads. Regarding the fatigue creep of the material, the logarithms of the secondary strain rate and the number of cycles to failure presented a linear relationship that is size-independent and can predict the fatigue life of run-out specimens. Meanwhile, the strain upon failure decreased with the increase of size although the crack patterns were still similar.
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Keywords

BehaviorCompressive fatigueFatigue creep rateFibre concreteFractureHigh-strength concretePlainQuasibrittleResidual strengthShapeSize effect

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Construction And Building Materials due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 6/139, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Civil. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.63, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-12-20, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 23
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-20:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 22 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/86438/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 98
  • Downloads: 128
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ORTEGA PARREÑO, JOSE JOAQUIN) and Last Author (GARIJO ALONSO, LUCIA).

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Awards linked to the item

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Spain, through grants PID2019-110928RB-C31 and RTC-2017-6736-3, and from the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, through grant SBPLY/19/180501/000220. All authors have read and agreed to the revised version of the manuscript.
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