Scale effects and transitional failure phenomena of reinforced concrete beams in flexure

European Structural Integrity Society

Volumn 24, Issue C, 1999, Pages 1-30

  Carpinteri, A ^a   Ferro, G ^a   Bosco, C ^a   Elkatieb, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

brittleness number; Minimum reinforcement; scale effects; singly reinforced concrete beams; transitional failure phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957085751     PISSN: 15661369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-1369(99)80060-0     Document Type: Chapter

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