Size effect in concrete beams

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 979-993

  Karihaloo, B L ^a   Abdalla, H M ^a   Xiao, Q Z ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fictitious crack model; Fracture process zone; Size effect; Three point bend beam

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); HARDENING; LOADS (FORCES);

SIZE EFFECTS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAM; CONCRETE;

EID: 0037407165     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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