Influence of type of aggregate and surface roughness on the interface fracture properties

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 328-334

  Rao, G Appa ^a   Prasad, B K Raghu ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BRITTLENESS; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; HYDRATION; MORTAR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DUCTILITY FACTOR; FRACTURE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ZONES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942631026     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02481679     Document Type: Article

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