Specimen shape and the problem of contact in the assessment of concrete compressive strength

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 431-441

  Indelicato, Ferdinando ^a   Paggi, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete compressive strength; Contact mechanics; Finite element method; Friction; Specimen shape

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTACT MECHANICS; SPECIMEN SHAPES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 38849111932     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-007-9256-7     Document Type: Article

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