Mortarless structures based on topological interlocking

Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-197

  Dyskin, Arcady V ^a   Pasternak, Elena ^a   Estrin, Yuri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bending stiffness; constraint; delamination; fragmented structures; segmented structures; topological interlocking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897366922     PISSN: 20952430     EISSN: 20952449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11709-012-0156-8     Document Type: Article

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