Method and theory for nondestructive determination of fracture energy in concrete structures

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 602-613

  Yu, Been Jyh ^a   Ansari, Farhad ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fracture energy; Hydration; Maturity method; Steam curing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CURING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRACTURE ENERGY; MATURITY METHOD; MECHANICAL STRENGTH TESTS; STEAM CURING; THREE PARAMETER HYPERBOLIC EQUATION;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030243147     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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