A multifractal analysis of fatigue crack growth and its application to concrete

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 974-984

  Carpinteri, Andrea ^a   Spagnoli, Andrea ^a   Vantadori, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete; Crack growth; Crack growth rate; Fatigue and fracture; Fatigue crack propagation; Fractal geometry; Size effect

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CRACKS; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK GROWTH RATE; CRACK GROWTH RATES; FRACTAL GEOMETRY;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BRITTLENESS; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTALS; FRACTURE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); SIZE DETERMINATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACKS;

EID: 77949916908     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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