Effect of aggregate size and grading on the failure behavior of liquid rubber-based concrete under static tension

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ai, Shigang ^a,b   Tang, Liqun ^a   Fang, Daining ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aggregate grading; aggregate size; failure behavior; Liquid rubber based concrete

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE GRADING; AGGREGATE SIZE; BONDING PROPERTY; COMPRESSIVE TESTING; FAILURE BEHAVIORS; FAILURE STRAIN; FE MODEL; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RUBBER MATRIX; STATIC TENSION; TENSILE STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

GRADING; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RUBBER; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84870399751     PISSN: 17588251     EISSN: 1758826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1758825112500299     Document Type: Article

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