Calculating the elastic moduli of steel-fiber reinforced concrete using a dedicated empirical formula

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 337-346

  Teng, T L ^a   Chu, Y A ^b   Chang, F A ^c   Chin, H S ^c  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elastic moduli; Empirical formula; Steel fiber reinforced concrete

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL; VOLUME FRACTION;

EMPIRICAL FORMULAE; EQUIVALENT INCLUSION METHODS (EIM); SHEAR MODULI; STEEL-FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (SFRC);

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 7544231462     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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