Fracture energy of high-strength concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 410-417

  Darwin, David ^a   Barham, Shawn ^b   Kozul, Rozalija ^c   Luan, Shuguang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b BURNS AND MCDONNELL   (United States)

^c Penta Building Group   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aggregates; Compressive strength; Flexural strength; Fracture mechanics; High strength concrete; Water cementitious materials ratio

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MIXING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LIMESTONE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FRACTURE ENERGY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0035470470     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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