Equipment for tensile testing of fresh concrete

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Hannant, D J ^a   Branch, J ^a   Mulheron, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

AIR BEARING PLATES; INTERNAL CRACKING PROBLEMS; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS;

EID: 0033363799     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.1999.51.4.263     Document Type: Article

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