Fractal analysis of fracture in concrete

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Peng, Jun ^a   Wu, Zhimin ^b   Zhao, Guofan ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE ENERGY;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE;

EID: 0031172658     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(97)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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