On the mechanics of quasi-brittle materials with a fractal microstructure

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2321-2349

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Chiaia, Bernardino ^a   Cornetti, Pietro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fractals; Fractional calculus; Fracture; Size effects; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS;

FRACTURE;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0042121430     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00220-5     Document Type: Article

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