Residual fracture toughness of normal- and high-strength gravel concrete after heating to 600°C

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-226

  Zhang, Binsheng ^a   Bicanic, Nenad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curing; Fracture; Strength; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CURING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRACK RESISTANCE; HIGH-STRENGTH GRAVEL CONCRETE; RESIDUAL FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0036590517     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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