Fractal behavior of concrete crack and its application to damage assessment

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 325-330

  Cao, Mao Sen ^a,b   Ren, Qing Wen ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Concrete structures; Damage assessment; Fractal behavior; Fractal damage characteristic factor; Modal analysis; Natural frequency; Surface crack distribution

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY; FRACTAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE-CRACK DISTRIBUTION;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33645747898     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-994-6.325     Document Type: Article

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