Spall experiments for the measurement of the tensile strength and fracture energy of concrete at high strain rates

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1635-1650

  Schuler, Harald ^a   Mayrhofer, Christoph ^a   Thoma, Klaus ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concrete; DIF; Fracture energy; Hopkinson Bar; Spalling; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; SPALLING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DIF; FRACTURE ENERGY; FREE SURFACE VELOCITY; HOPKINSON-BAR;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33645027114     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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