Free, restrained and drying shrinkage of cement mortar composites reinforced with vegetable fibres

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-546

  Toledo Filho, Romildo D ^a   Ghavami, Khosrow ^b   Sanjuán, Miguel A ^c   England, George L ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Inst Espanol Cemento y sus A   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cement; Coconut fibres; Composite materials; Drying shrinkage; Mortar; Plastic shrinkage; Self healing of cracks; Shrinkage cracking; Sisal fibres

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELLULOSE; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CREEP; CURING; DRYING; NATURAL FIBERS; SHRINKAGE;

DRYING SHRINKAGE; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE; SELF-HEALING OF CRACKS; SHRINKAGE CRACKING; SISAL FIBERS;

MORTAR;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; CEMENT; COIR; COMPOSITES; DRYING; MORTAR; SHRINKAGE;

EID: 14844362552     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2004.09.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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