Tensile strain capacity of concrete under various states of stress

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-193

  Wee, T H ^a   Lu, H R ^a   Swaddiwudhipong, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; POISSON RATIO; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

DIRECT-TENSION-TEST METHOD;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0033728409     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2000.52.3.185     Document Type: Article

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