Fracture mechanical behavior of concrete and the condition of its fracture surface

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 620-628

  Mechtcherine, Viktor ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fractal geometry; Fracture mechanics; Fracture surfaces; Heterogeneity; Stress crack opening relations

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE HETEROGENEITY; CONCRETE TEMPERATURES; CRACK OPENING; CRACK SYSTEMS; CURING CONDITION; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTURE SURFACES; HETEROGENEITY; LOADING RATE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; STRENGTH OF CONCRETE; TENSILE TESTS; TEST PARAMETERS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONCRETES; CRACKS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE;

EID: 67349277041     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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