Study of the fracture behavior of mortar and concretes with crushed rock or pebble aggregates

The objective of this work was to compare the fracture energy of mortar and concretes produced with crushed rock and pebble aggregates using zero, 10, 20, 30 and 40% of aggregates mixed with standard mortar and applying the wedge splitting method to achieve stable crack propagation. The samples were...

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Main Authors: Sebastião Ribeiro, Diego de Campos Ribeiro, Mateus Botani de Souza Dias, Giseli Cristina Ribeiro Garcia, Ésoly Madeleine Bento dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2011-03-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392011000100010