Crack arrest in mortar matrix reinforced with unidirectionally aligned fibers

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1245-1256

  Issa, Mohsen A ^a   Shafiq, A B ^a   Hammad, Ahmad M ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b T Y Lin International Bascor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRACK ARREST; FRACTURE ENERGY; MORTAR MATRIX REINFORCED; REINFORCEMENT SIZE; REINFORCEMENT SPACING; STEEL FIBERS;

MORTAR;

EID: 0030213027     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-8846(96)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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