Uniaxial tensile behavior of concrete reinforced with randomly distributed short fibers

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-574

  Li, Zongjin ^a   Li, Faming ^a   Chang, Tse Yung Paul ^a   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Fiber reinforced concrete; Fracture process; Strain hardening; Uniaxial tension

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STEEL; STRAIN HARDENING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; VOLUME FRACTION;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL TEST METHOD; FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRAIN SOFTENING; STRESS DEFORMATION RESPONSE; UNIAXIAL TENSION;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0032154984     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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