Effect of aggregate on the fracture behavior of high strength concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 585-590

  Chen, Bing ^a   Liu, Juanyu ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission (AE); Aggregate; Fracture energy (GF)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; AGGREGATES; BENDING STRENGTH; CONCRETE TESTING; FRACTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE SURFACES; SILICA FUMES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 3142661272     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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