Mechanical and self-healing properties of cementitious composites reinforced with flax and cottonised flax, and compared with polyvinyl alcohol fibres

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-335

  Snoeck, Didier ^a   De Belie, Nele ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CRACKS; DETERIORATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLAX; LINEN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REINFORCEMENT; SELF-HEALING MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NATURAL FIBRE-REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; SELF-HEALING OF CRACKS; SELF-HEALING PROPERTIES; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84857656676     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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