Fracture behaviour of polypropylene-fibre-reinforced concrete under biaxial loading: An experimental investigation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 933-945

  Elser, M ^a   Tschegg, E K ^a   Stanzl Tschegg, S E ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biaxial fracture behaviour; Biaxial wedge splitting test; Polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete; Specific fracture energy

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; CONCRETE, POLYPROPYLENE-FIBRE-REINFORCED; FRACTURE;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYPROPYLENES; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; TENSILE TESTING;

BIAXIAL FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; BIAXIAL WEDGE SPLITTING TESTS; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETES; SPECIFIC FRACTURE ENERGY;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0030201493     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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