Fracture mechanics of air-entrained concrete subjected to compression

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1913-1924

  Zhang, Zhijun ^a   Ansari, Farhad ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Constitutive relationship; Cracks; Entrained air voids; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIP; ENTRAINED AIR VOID SYSTEM; FREEZE-THAW DAMAGE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33744915535     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.01.039     Document Type: Article

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