Study of the distribution and orientation of fibers in SFRC specimens

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 38, Issue 275, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Gettu, Ravindra ^a,b   Gardner, D R ^a   Saldivar H ^a   Barragan B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONCRETES; CRACKS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILLING; PRISMS; QUALITY CONTROL; STEEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHNESS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

FIBER DISTRIBUTION; ISOTROPY; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION; STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETES (SFRC);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 14944339769     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/14021     Document Type: Article

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