Effect of aggregate size on the fracture and mechanical properties of a simple concrete

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3839-3851

  Elices, M ^a   Rocco, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregate size; Characteristic length; Cohesive model; Concrete; Crack opening; Fracture energy; Softening function; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

BILINEAR SOFTENING FUNCTIONS; CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES;

CONCRETES;

AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS;

EID: 44249108535     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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