Specimen and aggregate size effect on concrete compressive strength

Cement, Concrete and Aggregates

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Issa, Sleiman A ^a   Islam, Md S ^a   Issa, Mahmoud A ^b,c   Yousif, Alfred A ^c,d   Issa, Mohsen A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b T Y Lin International Bascor   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Alfred Benesch and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Cylinder size; Modulus of elasticity; Nominal maximum aggregate size; Similarity; Size effect; Strength ratio; Wall effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041030294     PISSN: 01496123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/cca10470j     Document Type: Article

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