Bending and uniaxial tensile tests on concrete reinforced with hybrid steel fibers

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 519-527

  Sorelli, L G ^a   Meda, A ^b   Plizzari, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fiber reinforced materials; Fractures; Steel fibers; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED METALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STEEL; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

STEEL FIBERS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL;

EID: 26444510302     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2005)17:5(519)     Document Type: Article

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