The effects of confinement on the failure orientation in cementitious materials experimental observations

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Rutland, Craig A ^a   Wang, Ming L ^b  

^a Peterson AFB   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Confining stress; Damage; Failure mechanism; Failure plane; Modelling; Mortar; Multiaxial stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001084864     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0958-9465(97)00005-x     Document Type: Article

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