Tensile strength enhancement in interground fiber cement composites

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 419-425

  Ostertag, C P ^a   Yi, C K ^a   Vondran, G ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b VonTech International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement mill; Crack propagation; Interground fibers; Polypropylene fibers

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBERS; MICROCRACKS; MILLING (MACHINING); PROPYLENE; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHNESS;

INTERGROUND FIBER CEMENT (IFC) COMPOSITES;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0035422838     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(00)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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