A novel indirect tensile test method to measure the biaxial tensile strength of concretes and other quasibrittle materials

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-756

  Zi, Goangseup ^a   Oh, Hongseob ^b   Park, Sun Kyu ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biaxial strength; Concrete; Indirect test; Quasibrittle materials; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; ELASTIC MODULI; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

BIAXIAL STRENGTH; INDIRECT TESTS; MODULUS OF RUPTURE (MOR); QUASIBRITTLE MATERIALS;

CONCRETE TESTING;

EID: 43049162670     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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