Flexural and fracture properties of glass fiber reinforced polyester polymer concrete

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-166, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-16

  Vipulanandan, C ^a   Mebarkia, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Texas Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling agents; Esters; Fibers (discrete fibers); Flexural strength; Fracture properties; Polymer concrete

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BENDING STRENGTH; BRITTLENESS; COUPLING AGENTS; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYESTERS; POLYMER CONCRETE; SILANES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

CRACK RESISTANCE; FIBER REINFORCED; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED POLYESTERS; POLYESTER POLYMER CONCRETES; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS;

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 2942749529     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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