Eucalyptus pulp fibres as alternative reinforcement to engineered cement-based composites

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Tonoli, G H D ^a   Savastano Jr , H ^a   Fuente, E ^b   Negro, C ^b   Blanco, A ^b   Rocco Lahr, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drainage; Durability; Fibre cement; Interface; Microstructure; Short fibres

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING; AIR CURING; BEFORE AND AFTER; CELLULOSE FIBRES; CEMENT BASED MATERIAL; CEMENT COMPOSITE; CEMENT MATRIX; CEMENT-BASED; CRACK BRIDGING; ENERGY SAVING; EUCALYPTUS PULPS; HARDWOOD PULP; INTERFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; POLYMER FIBRES; REDUCING COSTS; REINFORCING ELEMENTS; SHORT FIBRE; SYNTHETIC FIBRES;

CEMENTS; COST REDUCTION; DURABILITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HARDWOODS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYPROPYLENES; PULP MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; SOFTWOODS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

PULP REFINING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CELLULOSE; CEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DRAINAGE; DURABILITY; INTERFACE; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; REINFORCED EARTH; SHRUB;

CEMENT; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAINAGE; DURABILITY; ENERGY; FIBERS; HARDWOODS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCEMENT; SOFTWOODS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

EUCALYPTUS;

AGING; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; CRACKING; FIBER LENGTH; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE; PULP; REINFORCEMENT; SYNTHETIC FIBER;

EID: 76449116861     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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