Another look at cracking and crack control in reinforced concrete

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 437-442

  Frosch, Robert J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Concrete durability; Crack width and spacing; Cracking (fracturing)

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BUILDING CODES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACK INITIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLEXURAL CRACKING;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0033134531     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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