Modelling the strain-softening behaviour of plain concrete using a double-exponential model

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-353

  Barr, B ^a   Lee, M K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING;

DOUBLE-EXPONENTIAL MODELS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0041672208     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2003.55.4.343     Document Type: Article

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