Retracted: Fractal Dimensions of Fracture Surfaces
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Compressive strength of porous materials, especially of cement gels, has been estimated by means of fractal dimension of fracture surfaces. The relationship between mechanical strength and fractal characteristics of porous gels has been derived and tested experimentally using samples of cement gels. The dimensions of fracture surfaces have been found to be general parameters independent on the fractal dimensions of inner material components.
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This work was partly supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports under Contract No. UNSPECIFIEDME 09046 and partly by Internal Grant 2007 assigned by the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology.
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Volume 136 • Issue 2 • February 2010
Pages: 174 - 178
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Received: Aug 31, 2007
Accepted: Aug 26, 2009
Published online: Jan 15, 2010
Published in print: Feb 2010
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