Crack formation and fracture energy of normal and high strength concrete

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue PART 4, 2002, Pages 413-423

  Wittmann, F H ^a,b  

^a QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite material; Fracture process; High strength concrete; Shrinkage cracking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DURABILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SHRINKAGE;

FRACTURE ENERGY;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 0036702830     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02706991     Document Type: Article

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