Choice of standard fracture test for concrete and its statistical evaluation

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-337

  Bažant, Zdeněk P ^a   Yu, Qiang ^a   Zi, Goangseup ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive crack model; Concrete; Standard fracture test

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; CRACKS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

FRACTURE;

CONCRETE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; MODEL; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 17744403231     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023399125413     Document Type: Article

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