Tension softening of fibre-reinforced cementitious composites

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-328

  Lange Kornbak, D ^a   Karihaloo, B L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSP; Fibre bridging stress; Fibre pull out; Fibre reinforced mortars; Fracture mechanics; Microsilica; Tension softening; Uniaxial tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTAR; SILICA; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBER REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; TENSION SOFTENING;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0031200529     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(97)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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