Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 2054(2023)
Review on Mechanical Property Evolution of Concrete under Nuclear Radiation Environment
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ZHANG Weiping, LIU Hui, LIAO Kaixing, ZHOU Yong, HUANG Ying. Review on Mechanical Property Evolution of Concrete under Nuclear Radiation Environment[J]. Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2023, 51(8): 2054
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Received: Mar. 3, 2023
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Published Online: Oct. 7, 2023
The Author Email: Weiping ZHANG (weiping_zh@tongji.edu.cn)
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