Application of tension softening diagrams to evaluation of bond properties at concrete interfaces

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 299-315

  Kunieda, Minoru ^a   Kurihara, Norihiko ^b   Uchida, Yuichi ^a   Rokugo, Keitetsu ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concrete joint; Flexural bond strength; Repair materials; Size effect; Tension softening diagram

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACK INITIATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REPAIR; SHRINKAGE; SUBSTRATES; TENSILE TESTING;

CONCRETE INTERFACES; FRACTURE ENERGY; SIZE EFFECT; TENSION SOFTENING DIAGRAM;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0033889079     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(99)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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