The characterization of the softening curve from experimental results is essential for predicting the fracture behavior of quasi-brittle materials like concrete. Among various shapes (e.g. linear, exponential) to describe the softening behavior of concrete, the bilinear softening relationship has be
A general bilinear fit for the softening curve of concrete
β Scribed by G. V. Guinea; J. Planas; M. Elices
- Book ID
- 112756549
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 671 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1871-6873
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