Is no-tension design of concrete or rock structures always safe? - Fracture analysis

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-10

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CALCULATIONS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ROCKS; TENSILE STRENGTH; YIELD STRESS;

FRACTURE ENERGY; PLAIN CONCRETE; SHEAR LOADS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FRACTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029677633     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1996)122:1(2)     Document Type: Article

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