Flexural and tensile properties of a glass fiber-reinforced ultra-high-strength concrete: An experimental, micromechanical and numerical study

Computers and Concrete

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-190

  Roth, M Jason ^a   Slawson, Thomas R ^a   Flores, Omar G ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali resistant glass fiber; Concrete damage plasticity; Finite element analysis; Micromechanical model; Tensile failure function; Ultra high strength concrete

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

ALKALI RESISTANT GLASS FIBERS; CONCRETE DAMAGES; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; TENSILE FAILURES; ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETES;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 80955166833     PISSN: 15988198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2010.7.2.169     Document Type: Article

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