Influence of polypropylene fiber geometry on plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1263-1267

  Banthia, Nemkumar ^a   Gupta, Rishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concrete; Cracking; Fiber reinforcement; Plastic shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; CRACK INITIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; PLASTICITY;

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; PLASTIC SHRINKAGE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 33646828166     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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