Size-effect tests in unreinforced concrete columns

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Sener, S ^a   Barr, B I G ^a   Abusiaf, H F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SIZE-EFFECT TESTS; UNREINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0032640660     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1999.51.1.3     Document Type: Article

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