Fracture process zone size and true fracture energy of concrete using acoustic emission

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Muralidhara, S ^a,b   Prasad, B K Raghu ^b   Eskandari, Hamid ^b   Karihaloo, B L ^c  

^a BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Concrete; Fracture process zone (FPZ); True fracture energy

Indexed keywords

AE ENERGY; BOUNDARY EFFECT MODEL; CONCRETE FRACTURE; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE (FPZ); LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FRACTURE ENERGY; LIGAMENTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 75049084107     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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