True fracture energy of concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-225

  Navalurkar, Rajendra K ^a   Hsu, Cheng Tzu T ^a   Kim, Suk Ki ^a   Wecharatana, Methi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cracking; Fracture properties; High strength concrete; Tension tests

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FRACTURE TESTING; LOAD TESTING; TENSILE TESTING;

BAZANTS SIZE EFFECT MODEL; CRACK MOUTH OPENING DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE ENERGY; HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0033102968     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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