%0 Journal Article %T Experimental Analysis of Fracture Processes in Concrete %A Sousa Jos¨¦ Luiz Antunes de Oliveira e %A Bittencourt T¨˛lio Nogueira %J Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences %D 2001 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X This paper draws on the basic problems related to the determination of parameters to characterize the structural behavior of concretes using Fracture Mechanics concepts. Experimental procedures and results are discussed. %K Concrete %K crack %K fracture energy %K fracture mechanics %K fracture toughness %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-73862001000400015