Experimental tests of rolled compacted concrete and nonlinear fracture analysis of rolled compacted concrete dams

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-115

  Chuhan, Zhang ^a,b   Guanglun, Wang ^b   Shaomin, Wang ^b,c   Yuexing, Dong ^b,d  

^a ASCE ^*  (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fractures; Roll compacting; Strain softening

Indexed keywords

ROLLED COMPACTED CONCRETE (RCC);

COMPRESSION TESTING; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAVITY DAMS; STRAIN CONTROL; TENSILE TESTING;

CONCRETE DAMS;

CONCRETE; DAM FAILURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS-STRAIN ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE; DAM FAILURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SOFTENING; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

CHINA;

EID: 0036495847     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2002)14:2(108)     Document Type: Article

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