Mechanical and dynamic properties of coconut fibre reinforced concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 814-825

  Ali, Majid ^a   Liu, Anthony ^a   Sou, Hou ^a   Chouw, Nawawi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beam; Coconut fibres; Concrete composites; Mechanical and dynamic properties

Indexed keywords

BEAM; COCONUT FIBRES; CONCRETE COMPOSITES; DAMPING RATIO; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE LENGTH; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; MECHANICAL AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; PLAIN CONCRETE; SIMPLY SUPPORTED; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC MODULUS; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES;

DAMPING; FIBERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84855884038     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.12.068     Document Type: Article

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