Fracture of rock-concrete interfaces: Laboratory tests and applications

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-331

  Chandra Kishen, J M ^a   Saouma, Victor E ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fracture; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIMESTONE; MATERIALS TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; NONLINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; ROCK-CONCRETE INTERFACE; TENSILE SOFTENING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 2542539009     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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