Use of steel fibres recovered from waste tyres as reinforcement in concrete: Pull-out behaviour, compressive and flexural strength

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1960-1970

  Aiello, M A ^a   Leuzzi, F ^a   Centonze, G ^a   Maffezzoli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND CHARACTERISTICS; COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETES; CONCRETE REINFORCED; EUROPEAN UNIONS; FIBRE LENGTHS; FLEXURAL TESTS; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; GRANULATED RUBBERS; INDUSTRIAL STEELS; LANDFILL DIRECTIVES; LANDFILL DISPOSALS; MATRIXES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; MECHANICAL PROCESS; PULL OUTS; PULL-OUT TESTS; SALENTO; STEEL FIBRES; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; VOLUME RATIOS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; FIBERS; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SHOTCRETING; STEEL; STEEL RESEARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EUROPEAN UNION; RECYCLING; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL; TIRE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ITALY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MOTOR VEHICLES; STEEL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 63149185877     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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