FRACTURE MECHANICS OF CONCRETE.

Abstract

This volume contains 19 papers describing and analysing the application of fracture mechanics to concrete. The topics covered include: cementitious material fracture mechanics; concrete fracture phenomenological aspects; concrete structure; concrete crack formation; crack formation detection; crack microscopic observations; crack x-ray detection; cracked concrete photoelastic investigations; speckle metrology; holographic interferometry; crack propagation acoustic emission monitoring; single crack theoretical analysis; damage theory application to concrete; hardened cement paste fracture mechanics parameters; fracture of fiber reinforced polymeric concrete.