Experimental tests and numerical modelling of hexagonal concrete specimens

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 491-505

  Bennett, T ^a   Jefferson, A D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete; Constitutive; Damage; Experimental; Fracture; Shear

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; DIFFUSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS;

CONTROL TESTS; DIFFUSE CRACKING; DUCTILE RESPONSE; MONOTONIC LOADING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 34548282135     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9157-1     Document Type: Article

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