Suctions, Fracture Energy, and Plastic Cracking of Cement Mortar and Concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 390-396

  Morris, Peter H ^a   Dux, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cement; Concrete; Fracture; Mortar; Plastic cracking; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MORTAR; FRACTURE ENERGY; PLASTIC CRACKING; PORE WATER;

CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACK INITIATION; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; SALTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

MORTAR;

EID: 32644441325     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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