Effect of coarse/fine aggregate ratio and cement matrix strength on fracture parameters of concrete

Gongcheng Lixue/Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 136-142

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Sun, Ming ^a   Liu, Qian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Bending test; Fracture energy; Stress crack width relation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BENDING STRENGTH; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FICTITIOUS CRACK MODEL; FRACTURE ENERGY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 1642615013     PISSN: 10004750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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