Experimental investigations on bond strength between coconut fibre and concrete

Materials and Design

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 596-605

  Ali, Majid ^a   Li, Xiaoyang ^a   Chouw, Nawawi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bond strength; Coconut fibre; Composite material; Fibre pretreatment; Pull out test

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETE MIXERS; CONCRETES; FIBERS; WATER TREATMENT;

COCONUT FIBRES; CONCRETE MIX DESIGN; CONCRETE PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS; PULL-OUT TEST; SIMPLIFIED EQUATIONS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84866300161     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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