The area beneath the load-deflection curve indicates the amount of absorbed energy and toughness indices. As per ASTM C1018, I5 is defined as the area under the load-deflection curve up to a deflection of 3 times the deflection recorded when the first crack divided by the area up to the first crack. I10 is defined as the area under the load-deflection curve up to a deflection of 5.5 times the deflection recorded when the first crack divided by the area up to the first crack. I20 is defined as the area under the load-deflection curve up to a deflection of 10.5 times the deflection recorded when the first crack divided by the area up to the first crack.