Effect of bar diameter on the behavior of lightly reinforced concrete beams

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-18

  Fantilli, Alessandro P ^a   Ferretti, Daniele ^b   Rosati, Gianpaolo ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bars; Beams; Bending; Concrete; Cracking; Reinforced

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); STRAIN; STRAIN GAGES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CONCRETE BEAMS; FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN FIELDS; TENSILE STRAIN;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE;

EID: 13244278139     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2005)17:1(10)     Document Type: Article

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