Moisture and strain rate effects on concrete strength

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-300

  Ross, C Allen ^a   Jerome, David M ^a   Tedesco, Joseph W ^a   Hughes, Mary L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concretes; Moisture content (of aggregate, hardened concrete, etc.); Strains; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FORECASTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSION; COMPRESSION; CONCRETE STRENGTH; MOISTURE CONTENT; TENSILE FRACTURE STRENGTH; TENSION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0030143657     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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