Conditions promoting crack growth in concrete along the aggregate/matrix interface or into the aggregate

Qinghua Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Tsinghua University

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-390

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Deflected crack; Energy release rate; Fracture toughness; Penetrating crack

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

AGGREGATE MATRIX INTERFACE; CRITICAL STRENGTH; DEFLECTED CRACK; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; PENETRATING CRACK;

CONCRETES;

EID: 2942547677     PISSN: 10000054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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