Mechanisms of rupture in splitting tests

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-60

  Rocco, Claudio ^a   Guinea, Gustavo V ^a   Planas, Jaime ^a   Elices, Manuel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concretes; Crack propagation; Granite; Mortars; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; MORTAR; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FRACTURE;

RUPTURE; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; SPLITTING TENSILE TESTS;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0032590358     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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