Width effect in the interface fracture during shear debonding of FRP sheets from concrete

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 578-594

  Subramaniam, Kolluru V ^a   Carloni, Christian ^b   Nobile, Lucio ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohesive material law; Concrete; Debonding; Fracture; FRP sheets; Interface; Scale effect; Slip; Width effect

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEBONDING; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRESSES;

COHESIVE MATERIAL LAW; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY; SCALE EFFECT; SHEAR DEBONDING; WIDTH EFFECT;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

BEARING CAPACITY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEBONDING; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRESSES;

EID: 33751523623     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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