Prediction of steel fibre reinforced concrete under flexure from an inferred fibre pull-out response

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-610

  Prudencio Jr , Luiz ^a   Austin, Simon ^b   Jones, Peter ^b   Armelin, Hugo ^c   Robins, Peter ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lafarge Ltd   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRACKS; FIBERS; STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

FIBRE GEOMETRY; FIBRE-MATRIX; FLEXURAL TOUGHNESS; SLAB TEST METHODS; STEEL FIBRE-REINFORCED CONCRETE (SFRC);

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 33747149999     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-006-9091-2     Document Type: Article

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