Coupling creep and damage in concrete under high sustained loading

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Coupling creep and damage in concrete under high

sustained loading

Jacqueline Saliba, Frédéric Grondin, Ahmed Loukili

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Jacqueline Saliba, Frédéric Grondin, Ahmed Loukili. Coupling creep and damage in concrete under high sustained loading. Framcos-7, May 2010, Jeju, Costa Rica. �hal-01008038�

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