Mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete reinforced with polypropylene fibres

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-225

  Gencel, O ^a,b   Ozel, C ^c   Brostow, W ^b   Martinez Barrera G ^d  

^a BARTIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Concrete mechanics; Concrete rheology; Polypropylene fibre reinforcement; Reinforced cement plaster

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTENT; CEMENT CONTENT; ELASTICITY MODULI; FIBRE CONTENT; FILLING ABILITIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FORMWORK; FRESH CONCRETE; MONOFILAMENT POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE REINFORCEMENT; POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES; PROPERTIES OF HARDENED CONCRETE; PULSE VELOCITY; REINFORCED CEMENT/PLASTER; SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE; SLUMP FLOW; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH; STEEL FIBRE; SUPERPLASTICISERS; UNIT WEIGHT; WATER/CEMENT RATIO;

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; FIBERS; FLY ASH; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHOTCRETING; THERMOPLASTICS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79957993289     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/143307511X13018917925900     Document Type: Article

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