The long-term performance of cementitious composites reinforced with coir fibre

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 912-920

  Li, Zhijian ^a   Wang, Lijing ^b   Wang, Xungai ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; coir fibre; fracture toughness; natural fibre reinforced cementitious material

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING PROCESS; AGEING; AVERAGE LENGTH; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL AGENT; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FREEZE-THAW; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; NATURALLY AGED; PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION; STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT; WATER AGEING;

BENDING STRENGTH; CEMENTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FREEZING; MORTAR; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCEMENT;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 84863828585     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2011.627157     Document Type: Article

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