Effect of specimen size on the dissipated energy density in compression

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0410031-0410038

  Ferro, Giuseppe ^a   Carpinteri, Alberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compression test; Concrete; Dissipated energy density; Fractals; Microstructural disorder; Size effects

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; CONCRETE SLABS; DATA COMPRESSION; ICE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CONSTITUTIVE LAWS; CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE; DISSIPATED ENERGY DENSITY; LARGE SCALES; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; RENORMALIZATION; SCALE EFFECTS; SIZE EFFECTS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); SUB DOMAINS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 47049126487     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2910899     Document Type: Article

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