Fracture energy of high-performance concrete at high temperatures up to 450°C: The effects of heating temperatures and testing conditions (hot and cold)

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 277-288

  Zhang, B ^a   Bicanic, N ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; FURNACES; HEATING; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

FRACTURE ENERGY; HEATING TEMPERATURE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE (HPC); HYGRIC EQUILIBRIUMS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33744831994     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 00249831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2006.58.5.277     Document Type: Article

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