Length effect on ductility of concrete in uniaxial and flexural compression

ACI Structural Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 765-772

  Borges, José Umberto A ^a   Subramaniam, Kolluru V ^b   Weiss, W Jason ^c   Shah, Surendra P ^d   Bittencourt, Túlio N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams; Damage; Ductility; Fracture; Reinforced concrete; Slenderness ratio

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN;

DAMAGE LOCALIZATION; FLEXURAL COMPRESSION; SLENDERNESS RATIO; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 9444245307     PISSN: 08893241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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