Application of FRC in construction of the underground railway track

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 305-312

  Brandt, A M ^a   Glinicki, M A ^a   Potrzebowski, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Concrete substrate; Control of cracking; Fibre reinforced concrete; Tests; Underground railway track

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRACK INITIATION; EVALUATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYPROPYLENES; RAILROAD TRACKS; UNDERPASSES;

CONCRETE SUBSTRATE; CONTROL OF CRACKING; FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE; UNDERGROUND RAILWAY TRACK;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0030262447     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-9465(96)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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