Physical and mechanical properties of durable sisal fiber-cement composites

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-785

  Silva, Flávio de Andrade ^a   Filho, Romildo Dias Toledo ^a   Filho, João de Almeida Melo ^a   Fairbairn, Eduardo de Moraes Rego ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Durability; Mechanical properties; Physical properties; Sisal fibers

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; ALIGNED FIBERS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CALCIUM HYDROXIDES; CAPILLARY WATER ABSORPTION; CEMENT MATRIX; CLAY BRICKS; CORRUGATED SHEETS; DRYING SHRINKAGES; LAY-OUT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; METAKAOLINS; MULTIPLE CRACKING; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POST-PEAK STRENGTH; SISAL FIBERS; WATER IMMERSION; WATER IMMERSION TESTS;

BENDING TESTS; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; DURABILITY; FIBERS; HYDRATED LIME; HYDRATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORTLAND CEMENT; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77249162618     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.10.030     Document Type: Article

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