Fracture behavior of SFRC slabs on grade

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 37, Issue 270, 2004, Pages 405-411

  Meda, A ^a   Plizzari, G A ^b   Riva, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE; NON LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS (NLFM); STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (SFRC);

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 3142603312     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14093     Document Type: Article

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