Fracture process zone in concrete tension specimen

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 111-131

  Otsuka, Koji ^a   Date, Hidehumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission (AE); Contrast medium; Fracture process zone; Microcracks; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 85087229071     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(99)00111-3     Document Type: Article

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