Tensile behavior of cement-based composites with random discontinuous steel fibers

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-78

  Li, Victor C ^a   Wu, Hwai Chung ^a,c   Maalej, Mohamed ^a   Mishra, Dhanada K ^a   Hashida, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CEMENTS; CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; DUCTILITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STEEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

INTERFACIAL BONDING; RANDOM DISCONTINUOUS STEEL FIBERS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0029736142     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb07882.x     Document Type: Article

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