Micromechanical modeling of softening behavior in steel fiber reinforced cementitious composites

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 35, Issue 31-32, 1998, Pages 4205-4222

  Leung, Christopher K Y ^a   Geng, Y Philip ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STEEL; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; FIBER PULL OUT TEST; FOUR POINT BEAM BENDING TEST; STEEL FIBER;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0032208128     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(97)00310-7     Document Type: Article

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