Cracking mechanisms in durable sisal fiber reinforced cement composites

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 721-730

  Silva, Flávio de Andrade ^a   Mobasher, Barzin ^b   Filho, Romildo Dias Toledo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cement composites; Crack formation; Image analysis; Natural fiber

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; BENDING RESPONSE; CEMENT COMPOSITES; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; CLAY BRICKS; CRACK FORMATION; CRACK SPACING; CRACK SYSTEMS; CRACKING MECHANISMS; FIBER REINFORCED CEMENT COMPOSITES; FLEXURAL CRACKING; HAND LAY-UP; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; MATRIX; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; METAKAOLINS; NEUTRAL AXIS; SISAL FIBERS;

BENDING TESTS; CALCINATION; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CLAY MINERALS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK INITIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FIBERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CEMENTS;

BENDING; CEMENT; COMPOSITES; CRAZING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINATES; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SISAL; SOLID WASTES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 70349792251     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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