Mechanisms of tensile fracture of concrete are described. A model is developed for an idealized material. The amount of simultaneous cracking and the path of each crack depend on the rate of stressing. The fracture energy and the tensile strength have been determined as functions of the rate of load
Stress-strain behaviour of concrete and mortar at high rates of tensile loading
β Scribed by A.J. Zielinski; H.W. Reinhardt
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 610 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-8846
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