Crack control in screed using A142 steel fabric or mixed structural polypropylene fibres with regard to toughness and residual strength

Structural Survey

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-331

  Richardson, Alan E ^a   Fallow, C ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concretes; Steel; Structural systems

Indexed keywords

FABRIC REINFORCEMENT; FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE; FLOOR FINISHING MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; RESIDUAL STRENGTH FACTORS; STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; CRACKS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLOORS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; STEEL;

STEEL FIBERS;

EID: 33748703302     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800610704454     Document Type: Article

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