Influence of fracture process zone height on fracture energy of concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1321-1330

  Hu, Xiaozhi ^a   Duan, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary effect; Fracture energy; Fracture process zone; Ligament effect; Size effect

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FRICTION; STRESSES;

BOUNDARY EFFECT; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; LIGAMENT EFFECT; SIZE EFFECT;

CONCRETES;

EID: 3142677352     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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