Analysis of crack propagation and crack initiation due to corrosion of reinforcement

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 437-442

  Ohtsu, Masayasu ^a   Yosimura, Shinichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concrete; Corrosion; Stress

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CORROSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (LEFM); SURFACE CRACKS;

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS;

EID: 0031247523     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(97)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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