ABSTRACT
Abstract Three-point bending test on a notched beam is recommended as a RILEM standard method for evaluating fracture energy of concrete GF, and the four point bending can be referred to as a "non-standard" test. One of disadvantages of the standard method is that limited volume of material involved in the test may influence observed scale effects. Also many reported studies dedicated to fracture behaviour of concrete were performed using fourpoint bending test and not three-point bending. The important problem of mutual relation of the both test methods - three-and four-point bending - was rarely discussed or analyzed.
