Fracture toughness of microfiber reinforced cement composites

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 384-391

  Nelson, Patricia Kim ^b   Li, Victor C ^a,b   Kamada, Toshiro ^c  

^a ASCE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cements; Composite materials; Damage; Fiber reinforced materials; Fracture strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CEMENTS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROCRACKING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

FRONTAL PROCESS ZONE (FPZ);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

CEMENT; COMPOSITE; CRACK TIP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; TOUGHNESS;

CEMENT; CRACK; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0036751052     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2002)14:5(384)     Document Type: Article

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