Modified Test Method of Less-size Round Panel for Fibre Reinforced Concrete CompositeGU Qian1,XU Han-feng2,MINDESS Sidney2,PENG Shao-min1(1.School of Civil Engineering & Architecture,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan 430070,China;2.Department of Civil Engineering,The University of British Columbia,Vancouver V6T 1Z4,Canada)A modified Round Determinate Panel(RDP) test method was presented here based on the current ASTM C1550 standard test method for fibre reinforced concrete(FRC) and fibre reinforced shotcrete(FRS) composite.A type of less-size panel was designed in this test method,which could be easily tested in situ.More crack information could be obtained even under large deflection of panel with both of rotation angle and sliding displacement measuring techniques.It has been proved that this modified test method can analyze the crack opening resistance,ductility and flexural toughness of FRC and FRS composite effectively.The finite element analysis has also been performed to clarify the stress and strain distributions,crack propagations and failure mode in FRC round panel,which provides a numerical base for establishing a reasonable theoretical method to predict the structural response of RDP.fibre reinforced concrete(FRC);test method;round panel;crack mouth opening displacement(CMOD);material performance