Shear behaviour of fiber reinforced concrete beams

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-366

  Furlan Jr , Sydney ^a   De Hanai, João Bento ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fiber reinforced concrete; Polypropylene fiber; Shear strength; Steel fiber

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE REINFORCEMENTS; CONCRETE TESTING; DUCTILITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEEL; STIFFNESS;

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS; FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETES; STEEL FIBERS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031197998     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(97)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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