EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PLAIN CONCRETE UNDER TRIAXIAL STRESS. CLOSURE

The authors' closure of a discussion by R. Palaniswamy and S.P. Shah of a paper with the aforementioned title is presented. The original paper was published in this journal (Volume 93, Number 6, November-December 1996), as was the discussion (Volume 94, Number 6, November-December 1997). The authors respond to points raised by the discussers involving values of the lateral pressure corresponding to the transition point and the limited success of Richart's equation when applied to specimens with very high confining pressures.