Deflection behavior of concrete beams reinforced with PVA micro-fibers

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2285-2293

  Hamoush, Sameer ^a   Abu Lebdeh, Taher ^a   Cummins, Toney ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deflection; Ductility; Flexural strength; Load deflection curve; Micro fibers reinforced concrete; Moment curvature; Strain softening; Stress strain; Toughness index

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION DUCTILITY; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; LOAD-DEFLECTION CURVE; MICROFIBERS; STRAIN SOFTENING; STRESS-STRAIN; TOUGHNESS INDEX;

BENDING STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DUCTILITY; FIBERS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE TESTING;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 77955235396     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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