Effects of steel fiber addition on mechanical properties of concrete and RC beams

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 654-661

  Altun, Fatih ^a   Haktanir, Tefaruk ^a   Ari, Kamura ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flexural behaviour; Simple bending; Steel fiber added concrete; Steel fiber added reinforced concrete beams; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHNESS;

SIMPLE BENDING; STEEL-FIBER-ADDED CONCRETES; STEEL-FIBER-ADDED REINFORCED-CONCRETE BEAMS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 33845315911     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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