A method to predict shrinkage cracking of concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-346

  Shah, Surendra P ^a   Ouyang, Chengsheng ^a   Marikunte, Shashidhara ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Becq Giraudon, Emilie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Creep; Fracture; Fracture mechanics; R curve; Ring specimen; Shrinkage; Tension

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

NONLINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; TRANSVERSE CRACKING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0032114595     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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