Comparison of Weibull and normal distributions for concrete compressive strengths

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1287-1292

  Tumidajski, P J ^a,b   Fiore, L ^a   Khodabocus, T ^a   Lachemi, M ^a   Pari, R ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Goodness of fit; Normal distribution; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONCRETE FAILURE; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS;

CONCRETES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXING; CONCRETES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEIBULL THEORY;

EID: 33947529774     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-080     Document Type: Article

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