Can concrete be bendable?: The notoriously brittle building material may yet stretch instead of breaking

American Scientist

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-493

  Li, Victor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CALCIUM; CONCRETE; CRACK; DISSIPATION; MAGNITUDE; SILICON;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869004084     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2012.99.484     Document Type: Article

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