Hybrid fibers and the development of cracking in concrete

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-209, Issue , 2002, Pages 791-809

  Lawler, J S ^a   Zampini, D ^b   Shah, S P ^c  

^a WISS JANNEY ELSTNER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b MBT (Schweiz) AG   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fiber reinforcement; Fracture process; Hybrid; Microfibers; Shrinkage; Workability

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE MIXTURES; CRACKS; LIFE CYCLE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROFIBERS; MORTAR; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; TEXTILE BLENDS;

CRACK OPENING; CRACKING RESISTANCE; MACRO-CRACKS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MIXTURE PROPORTIONING; MORTAR MATRIX; REINFORCING FIBERS; SHRINKAGE CRACKING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 11244346829     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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