Testing concrete in torsion: instability analysis and experiments

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1258-1268

  Subramaniam, Kolluru V ^a   Popovics, John S ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TORQUE; TORSION TESTING;

UNNOTCHED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032207209     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:11(1258)     Document Type: Article

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