Tensile strain hardening behaviour of hybrid steel-polyethylene fibre reinforced cementitious composites

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-106

  Ahmed, S F U ^a   Maalej, M ^b  

^a AURECON   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Hybrid fibres; Multiple cracking; Strain hardening; Tension

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; HARDENING; PLASTICITY; SETTLING TANKS; STEEL; STRAIN HARDENING; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBRE REINFORCED; HYBRID FIBRES; MULTIPLE CRACKING; MULTIPLE CRACKINGS; STRAIN CAPACITIES; TENSILE; TENSION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTHS;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 54049123796     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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