Comments on "Is the cause of size effect on structural strength fractal or energetic-statistical?" by Bažant & Yavari [Engng Fract Mech 2005;72:1-31]

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2892-2896

  Carpinteri, Alberto ^a   Chiaia, Bernardino ^a   Cornetti, Pietro ^a   Puzzi, Simone ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractals; Fracture energy; Size scale effects; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548248249     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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