Effects of fibre geometry and volume fraction on the flexural behaviour of steel-fibre reinforced concrete

Strain

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Soulioti, D V ^a   Barkoula, N M ^a   Paipetis, A ^a   Matikas, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

fibre geometry; fibre volume fraction; fibre reinforced concrete; flexural toughness; four point bending; steel fibres

Indexed keywords

BENDING TESTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHOTCRETING; TOUGHNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTION; FLEXURAL TOUGHNESS; FOUR POINT BENDING; FOUR-POINT BENDING TEST; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; RESIDUAL STRENGTH FACTORS; STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE;

STEEL FIBERS;

EID: 79958785446     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2009.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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