Analysis of compressive stress-induced cracks in concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 617-630

  Nemati, Kamran M ^a   Monteiro, Paulo J M ^a   Scrivener, Karen L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Compressive stress induced microcracks; Concrete; Confinement; Image analysis; Interfacial transition zone; Microcrack branching; Microcracks; Scanning electron microscopy; Stereology; Wood's metal

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ALLOYS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROCRACKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESSES;

CEMENT PHASE; CONFINEMENT; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MICROCRACK BRANCHING; MICROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOLOGY; WOOD METAL;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0032155869     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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