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100			_aIsmail Ismaliza
245		0	_aFEA modelling of stress distributions in concrete test specimens compressed through rubber sheets
260			_bJournal of Rubber Research _c2012
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500			_aSource Year: 2012
520			_aA finite element (FE) study of the behaviour of concrete blocks compressed against rubber sheets was conducted. The results were compared to experimental tests of the same assembly reported in literature. It was found that tensile stresses developed within the concrete due to non-uniform compression of the rubber and were likely to have been the cause of failure of the concrete except where the rubber sheet was very thin or absent. The effect disappeared if contact between the rubber and concrete was frictionless.
650			_aCompression
650			_aConcrete
650			_aFEA
650			_aStress
700			_aGough Julia
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