Effect of alkali silica reaction expansion and cracking on structural behavior of reinforced concrete beams

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 498-505

  Fan, Shenfu ^a   Hanson, John M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alkali silica reaction (ASR); Compressive strength; Cracking; Dynamic modulus; Expansion; Flexural loading capacity; Reinforced concrete beams; Splitting tensile strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK INITIATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; EXPANSION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALKALI SILICA REACTION; FLEXURAL LOADING CAPACITY;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0032166503     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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