Transition from brittle to ductile behavior of fly ash using PVA fibers

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-36

  Sun, Peijiang ^a   Wu, Hwai Chung ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforcement; Fly ash; Hydrothermal hot pressing; Splitting tensile test

Indexed keywords

HOT PRESSING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FIBER REINFORCEMENT; HYDROTHERMAL HOT-PRESSING; OPTIMUM FIBER VOLUME;

FLY ASH;

EID: 35348929286     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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