Flowability of fibre-reinforced concrete and its effect on the mechanical properties of the material

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1664-1671

  Boulekbache, Bensaid ^a   Hamrat, Mostefa ^a   Chemrouk, Mohamed ^b   Amziane, Sofiane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fibre; Orientation; Rheology; Strength; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CARBOPOL; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CONCRETE MATERIALS; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; FIBRE; FIBRE ORIENTATION; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FLOWABILITY; FLUID MATERIALS; FOUR-POINT; ORIENTATION; STEEL FIBRE; STEEL-FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE; TRANSLUCENT FLUIDS;

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED CONCRETE; RHEOLOGY; SHOTCRETING; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77954802095     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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