Experimental study of combined size and strain rate effects on the fracture of reinforced concrete

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 544-551

  Zhang, X X ^a   Ruiz, Gonzalo ^b   Yu, Rena C ^b  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concrete, reinforced; Cracking; Experimentation; Size effects; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; FRACTURE FIXATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTHS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRACTURE BEHAVIORS; REINFORCED BEAMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE (RC) BEAMS; STRAIN RATE EFFECTS;

STRAIN RATE;

CRACKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SIZE EFFECT; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 48049085637     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2008)20:8(544)     Document Type: Article

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