CARDIFRC® - Development and mechanical properties. Part III: Uniaxial tensile response and other mechanical properties

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 433-443

  Benson, S D P ^a,b,c   Karihaloo, B L ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^c PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROMECHANICAL RELATIONS; STEEL FIBER-REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES;

FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 27944440486     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: 00249831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2005.57.8.433     Document Type: Article

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