SPACE approach to concrete's space structure and its mechanical properties

Heron

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 265-289

  Stroeven, P ^a   Stroeven, M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Composition; Configuration; Interfacial transition zone; Material model; Particle packing; SPACE; Stereology; Structure sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TENSILE STRENGTH;

INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0035781212     PISSN: 00467316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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