Effect of aggregate shape on the mechanical properties of a simple concrete

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-298

  Rocco, C G ^a   Elices, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate shape; Cohesive model; Concrete; Fracture energy; Softening function

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE ENERGY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODEL CHECKING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

AGGREGATE SHAPE; COHESIVE CRACKS; COHESIVE MODEL; CONCRETE FAILURES; ELASTICITY MODULUS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; NOTCHED BEAMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOFTENING FUNCTION; TENSILE TESTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 58049085096     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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