A numerical investigation of the effect of the interfacial zone in concrete mixtures under uniaxial compression the case of the dilute limit

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 715-723

  Agioutantis, Z ^a   Chatzopoulou, E ^a   Stavroulaki, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Concrete; Finite element analysis; Interfacial transition zone; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0033704026     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-8846(00)00240-4     Document Type: Article

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