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Strain-softening of concrete in uniaxial compression

Report of the Round Robin Test carried out by RILEM TC 148-SSC

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  • RILEM TC 148-SSC: Test Methods for the Strain-softening Response of Concrete
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    J. G. M. van Mier & M. R. A. van Vliet

  2. ACBM Center, Nerthwestern University, IL, USA

    S. P. Shah, S. Choi & K-C. Thienel

  3. LMDC, INSAUPS, Toulouse, France

    M. Arnaud, J. P. Balayssac, A. Bascoul & A. Turatsinze

  4. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    D. Dasenbrock, C. French & J. Labuz

  5. ENEL-CRIS, Milano, Italy

    G. Ferrara & M. E. Gobbi

  6. University of Sydney, Australia

    B. L. Karihaloo & D. Lange-Kornbak

  7. Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany

    G. König, G. Simsch & M. Ulmer

  8. National Technical University of Athens, Greece

    M. D. Kotsovos

  9. SINTEF/Norwegian Defense Construction Service, Oslo, Norway

    G. Markeset

  10. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

    M. N. Pavlovic & D. Zissopoulos

  11. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    H. J. G. M. van Geel

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TC Membership: Chairman: S.P. Shah, USA;Secretary: J.G.M. van Mier, The Netherlands;Members: Z.P. Bažant, USA; N. Banthia, Canada; A. Bascoul, France; Y. Berthaud, France; A. Bittnar, Czech Republic; O. Buyukozturk, USA; A. Carpinteri, Italy; M. Elices, Spain; G. Ferrara, Italy; R. Gettu, Spain; K. Gylltoft, Sweden; M. Hassanzadeh, Sweden; N. Hawkins, USA; H. Horii, Japan; B.L. Karihaloo, Denmark; G. König, Germany; M. Kotsovos, Greece; J. Labuz, USA; G. Markeset, Norway; H.W. Reinhardt, Germany; H. Schorn, Germany; H. Stang, Denmark; K-C. Thienel, Germany; J-P. Ulfkjaer, Denmark.

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van Mier, J.G.M., Shah, S.P., Arnaud, M. et al. Strain-softening of concrete in uniaxial compression. Mat. Struct. 30, 195–209 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02486177

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