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To study the complete tensile stress-deformation response of plain concrete, the direct tension tests were conducted on a novel thermal tensile testing machine (TTTM), which was reformed from a hydraulic universal testing machine (UTM). Acoustic emission (AE) technology was applied to monitor the damage process of plain concrete in tests. The TTTM was powered by the thermal expansion of loading columns, and had a stiffness similar to the specimen, thus eliminating the potential AE noises in the UTM, and simulating the rapid fracture process in real concrete structures. A static-dynamic acquisition system was established to obtain the complete tensile stress-strain curves, of which the data before and at the fracture moment were respectively acquired by the static acquisition system and the dynamic acquisition system. The AE technology is a useful approach to analyze the damage process of concrete, and makes it feasible to determine the damage state and the fracture location of the specimen in real time.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma14030602","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,28]],"date-time":"2021-01-28T05:23:05Z","timestamp":1611811385000},"page":"602","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Combining Thermal Loading System with Acoustic Emission Technology to Acquire the Complete Stress-Deformation Response of Plain Concrete in Direct Tension"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Rui","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wanjin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"55","DOI":"10.1680\/jmacr.17.00144","article-title":"Experimental study on cyclic tensile behaviour of concrete under various strain rates","volume":"70","author":"Chen","year":"2018","journal-title":"Mag. 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