Behaviour of large concrete specimens in uniaxial tension

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 385-391

  Li, Q ^a   Duan, Y ^a   Wang, G ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

AXIAL STRESS; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; FRACTURE ENERGY; UNIAXIAL TENSION;

CONCRETE AGGREGATES;

EID: 0036812378     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2002.54.5.385     Document Type: Article

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