Enhancing fracture toughness of high-performance carbon fiber cement composites

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-178

  Reda Taha, Mahmoud M ^a   Shrive, Nigel G ^b  

^a STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bond; Carbon; Concrete; Fibers; Fracture mechanics; High performance concrete; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NONMETALLIC ANCHORAGE;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0035297175     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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