Compactness of the cement microstructure versus crack bridging in mortars reinforced with amorphous cast iron fibers and silica fumes

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 149-161

  Redon, Carl ^a,b   Chermant, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Research Laboratory on construction materials   (France)

Author keywords

Cement microstructure; Crack bridging energy; Crack opening curves; Fiber pull out; Interface transition zone; Pozzolanic reaction; Silica fume; Uniaxial notched tensile test

Indexed keywords

CAST IRON; CRYSTALS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; TENSILE TESTING;

CAST IRON FIBERS; POZZOLANIC SILICA FUMES;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0035338868     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011245515368     Document Type: Article

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