Size effect in shear strength of large beams -behaviour and finite element modelling

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 497-509

  Tan, K H ^a,b   Cheng, G H ^a,b   Cheong, H K ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING (FEM); SHALLOW BEAMS; SHEAR STRENGTH REDUCTION;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 27944482122     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 00249831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2005.57.8.497     Document Type: Article

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