Size-independent fracture energy in plain concrete beams using tri-linear model

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3051-3058

  Muralidhara, S ^a,b   Raghu Prasad, B K ^b   Karihaloo, B L ^c   Singh, R K ^d  

^a BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fictitious boundary; Local fracture energy; Size independent fracture energy; Tri linear model

Indexed keywords

BEAM MODEL; BOUNDARY EFFECTS; FICTITIOUS BOUNDARY; FRACTURE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FRACTURE ZONE; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODEL; LOCAL FRACTURE ENERGY; NON-LINEAR; PLAIN CONCRETE; SIZE EFFECTS; SIZE-INDEPENDENT FRACTURE ENERGY;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FRACTURE ENERGY; GRAPHIC METHODS; LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79953178543     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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