Locating the site of diagonal tension crack initiation and path in reinforced concrete beams

The most favorable site of diagonal tension crack initiation has been attempted to be located. Due to the numerous interacted parameters affecting both site and angle of diagonal tension crack initiation, twelve possible sites were investigated, at midheight of the shear span and at the bottom surfa...

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Main Authors: H.S.S. Abou El-Mal, A.S. Sherbini, H.E.M. Sallam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Ain Shams Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447914001440