Effect of aggregate volume fraction on the fracture parameters of concrete: A meso-mechanical approach

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 405-415

  Tasdemir, M A ^a   Karihaloo, B L ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUME FRACTION;

HARDENED CEMENT PASTES (HCP);

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0035673356     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2001.53.6.405     Document Type: Article

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