Fracture of model concrete: 2. Fracture energy and characteristic length

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1345-1353

  Rossello C ^a   Elices, M ^a   Guinea, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concrete; Debonding; Fracture; Fracture energy; Toughness

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; DEBONDING; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONCRETE DUCTILITY; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE SURFACE; MATRIX AGGREGATE INTERFACE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 33747157717     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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