Toughening in cement based composites. Part I: Cement, mortar, and concrete

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 223-237

  Li, Victor C ^a   Maalej, Mohamed ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aggregate ligament bridging; Crack deflection; Crack face pinning; Crack trapping; Fracture process zone; Frontal processes; Microcrack shielding; R curve; Toughening mechanisms; Wake processes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; TOUGHENING;

AGGREGATE LIGAMENT BRIDGING; CEMENT BASED COMPOSITES; CRACK DEFLECTION; CRACK FACE PINNING; CRACK TIP PROCESS; CRACK TRAPPING; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; FRONTAL PROCESS; MICROCRACK SHIELDING; WAKE PROCESS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030215141     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-9465(95)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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