Crack control in RC elements with fiber reinforcement

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 280 SP, 2011, Pages 76-93

  Minelli, Fausto ^a   Tiberti, Giuseppe ^a   Plizzari, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cracking; Durability; Steel fiber reinforced concrete; Tension softening; Tension stiffening; Toughness

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; AVERAGE STRESS; BRIDGING EFFECTS; CONCRETE STRENGTH; CRACK CONTROL; CRACK FACES; CRACK PATTERNS; CRACK SPACING; CRACK WIDTH; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; EXTERNAL STRAINS; FIBER GEOMETRIES; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETES; MATERIAL POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RC ELEMENTS; RC STRUCTURE; REINFORCEMENT RATIOS; SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM; STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETES; STIFFENING EFFECT; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; TENSILE MEMBERS; TENSILE TESTS; TENSION SOFTENING; TENSION STIFFENING; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO;

CRACK INITIATION; DURABILITY; MICROCRACKS; POROUS MATERIALS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84861740114     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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