Interpreting experimental fracture toughness results of quasi-brittle natural materials through multi-parameter approaches

Natural stones like marbles are often employed as façade panels to externally cover buildings. These natural materials tend to exhibit a quasi-brittle nonlinear fracture behaviour which, conversely to concrete counterpart, has much less been studied in the literature. In the present paper, an expe...

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Main Authors: Andrea Spagnoli, Andrea Carpinteri, Sabrina Vantadori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2015-07-01
Series:Fracture and Structural Integrity
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Online Access:http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero33/numero_33_art_11.pdf