Modulus of rupture: Size effect due to fracture initiation in boundary layer

Journal of Structural Engineering (United States)

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 739-746

  Bazant, Zdeněk P ^a   Li, Zhengzhi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADS (FORCES); TENSILE STRENGTH;

DISTRIBUTED MICROCRACKING; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; SIZE EFFECT; SPAN TO DEPTH RATIO; STRAIN SOFTENING;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 0029293264     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1995)121:4(739)     Document Type: Article

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