Impact behavior of sisal fiber cement composites under flexural load

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-177

  De Silva, Flávio Andrade ^a   Zhu, Deju ^b   Mobasher, Barzin ^b   Filho, Romildo Dias Toledo ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cement composites; Impact test; Sisal fiber

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; CEMENT COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE RESPONSE; CONTINUOUS FIBER COMPOSITES; CRACKING PATTERNS; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DAMAGE PROCESS; DROP HEIGHT; FABRIC-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FIBER REINFORCED CEMENT; FLEXURAL LOADS; FLEXURAL STRESS; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL CAMERAS; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT ENERGY; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT LOADINGS; IMPACT RESPONSE; IMPACT TEST; SHEAR CRACK; SISAL FIBER; SISAL FIBERS; THREE POINT BENDING; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST;

BENDING TESTS; CAMERAS; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DROPS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

TESTING;

BEND STRENGTH; BENDING; CAMERAS; CEMENT; COMPOSITES; DELAMINATION; DROPS; FIBERS; IMPACT TESTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SISAL;

EID: 79953843934     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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