Experimental study on thermal cracking in reinforced concrete members

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 432-441

  Ariyawardena, Nihal ^a   Ghali, Amin ^a   Elbadry, Mamdouh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concretes; Cracking; Creep; Curvature; Temperature; Tensile strength; Tension stiffening

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK INITIATION; CREEP; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

THERMAL BENDING MOMENTS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031188566     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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