Softened membrane model for reinforced concrete elements in shear

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 460-469

  Hsu, Thomas T C ^a   Zhu, Ronnie R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Load; Reinforced concrete; Shear; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SHEAR BEHAVIOR;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0036665284     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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