Size-effect in high performance concrete road pavement materials

Advances in Cement-Based Materials - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Concrete Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 53-58

  Denneman, E ^a   Kearsley, E P ^a   Visser, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE ROAD PAVEMENTS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EMBEDDED DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS PARAMETERS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PAVEMENT SYSTEMS; SIZE EFFECTS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; PAVEMENTS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

MATERIALS;

EID: 79957651646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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