Publications [#58227] of Henry Petroski

Henry Petroski

Papers Published

Ojdrovic, R. and Petroski, H.J.. "The cracked Brazilian specimen for fracture toughness testing of concrete." Int. J. Fract. (Netherlands) 27:3-4 (1985): 75 - 80.
Abstract:
Because of the many desirable characteristics of the stress field in a cylindrical specimen, a cylinder with a notch on the vertical diameter and loaded as in the splitting test is proposed as an ideal specimen for fracture toughness experiments with concrete