Size effect in blunt fracture: Concrete, rock, metal

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 518-535

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE - FRACTURE; MATERIALS TESTING - FRACTURE; METALS AND ALLOYS - FRACTURE; ROCK - FRACTURE;

MICROCRACKING;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0021410063     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1984)110:4(518)     Document Type: Article

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