Fracture behaviour of polypropylene-fibre-reinforced concrete: Modelling and computer simulation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 947-956

  Elser, M ^a   Tschegg, E K ^a   Finger, N ^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; Polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete; Specific fracture energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE; GRAPHIC METHODS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYPROPYLENES; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BIAXIAL FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETES; SPECIFIC FRACTURE ENERGY;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

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

EID: 0030221677     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0266-3538(96)80017-0     Document Type: Article

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