Is high strength concrete more susceptible to explosive spalliag than normal strength concrete in fire?

Fire and Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 127-130

  Ali, Faris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; SPALLING; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0036589606     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.791     Document Type: Article

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