Study on the average fracture energy for crack propagation in concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-824

  Xu, Shilang ^a   Zhao, Yanhua ^a   Wu, Zhimin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Fracture mechanics; Size effects

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE ENERGY; SIZE EFFECTS; WEDGE SPLITTING TESTS;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 33751095350     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2006)18:6(817)     Document Type: Article

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