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Influence of water-cement ratio on micro-cracking of ordinary concrete

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The influence of the water/cement ratio on fracture toughness of ordinary concrete has been investigated. The stress intensity factorK IIc and fracture energyJ IIc has been tested (Mode II, shearing). The concrete structure was examined by SEM and the influence of water/cement ratio on concrete cracking has been established.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, Technical University of Czestochowa, Armii Krayowej 27, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland

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Prokopski, G. Influence of water-cement ratio on micro-cracking of ordinary concrete. J Mater Sci 26, 6352–6356 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387814

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