Variation of fracture energy dissipation along evolving fracture process zones in concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 625-633

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

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Energy dissipation; Fracture mechanics; Size effects

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONES; LOCAL FRACTURE ENERGY;

CRACK PROPAGATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 34547123137     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2007)19:8(625)     Document Type: Article

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