Shear failure of steel fiber-reinforced concrete based on push-off tests

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Barragán, Bryan ^a   Gettu, Ravindra ^b   Agulló, Luis ^a   Zerbino, Raúl ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced concrete; Shear; Test; Toughness

Indexed keywords

PUSH OFF TESTS; SHEAR FAILURE; TOUGHNESS PARAMETERS;

METAL TESTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHEAR STRESS; STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOUGHNESS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 33748556926     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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