Strain-temperature hysteresis in concrete under cyclic freeze-thaw conditions

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-380

  Bishnoi, Shashank ^a   Uomoto, Taketo ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic freezing and thawing; Hysteresis; Strain modelling; Strain temperature behaviour

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; HYSTERESIS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THAWING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CYCLIC FREEZE-THAW TESTS; EMBEDDED STRAIN-GAUGES; STRAIN MODELLING;

CONCRETES;

EID: 41149164081     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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