Experimental test methods to determine the uniaxial tensile and compressive behaviour of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete(UHPFRC)

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 874-882

  Hassan, A M T ^a   Jones, S W ^a   Mahmud, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stress strain curve; UHPC; UHPFRC; Uniaxial compressive testing techniques; Uniaxial tensile testing techniques

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP TESTING; COMPLETE STRESS-STRAIN CURVE; DOGBONE; DURABILITY PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; LINEAR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS; POST-PEAK; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; TEST METHOD; UHPC; UHPFRC; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETES; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE; UNIAXIAL TENSILE; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING;

ELASTIC MODULI; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHOTCRETING; STEEL FIBERS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSDUCERS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84870238891     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.04.030     Document Type: Article

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