Mesomechanical analysis of concrete deterioration including time dependence

Computational Plasticity: Fundamentals and Applications - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS VIII

Volumn , Issue PART 2, 2005, Pages 1059-1062

  Lopez, C M ^a   Idiart, A ^a   Carol, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concrete; Drying shrinkage; Meso mechacnics; Staggered strategy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; CONCRETE DETERIORATION; CONCRETE DRYING; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; DRYING SHRINKAGE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING; MESO-MECHACNICS; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; STAGGERED STRATEGY; TIME DEPENDENCE;

CONCRETES;

PLASTICITY;

EID: 56349117057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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