Influence of Constituents of Concrete on Its Tensile Strength and Shear Strength

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-38

  Desai, Satish B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Mixture proportion; Shear strength; Splitting tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMMINUTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; DURABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORTLAND CEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLAG CEMENT; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MIXTURE PROPORTION; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 1642343893     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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