Flexural toughness of SFRC made with fibres extracted from tyres

Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials, Proceedings of the International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 365-374

  Tlemat, Houssam ^a   Pilakoutas, Kypros ^a   Neocleous, Kyriacos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre reinforced concrete; Recycled steel fibres; SFRC; Used tyres fibres

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STANDARDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TIRES; TOUGHNESS; WASTE TREATMENT;

RECYCLED STEEL FIBERS; SFRC; UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK; USED STEEL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 6344261953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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