Fracture energy of natural fibre reinforced concrete

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 991-997

  Merta, I ^a   Tschegg, E K ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fibre reinforced concrete; Fracture energy; Natural fibre; Wedge splitting test

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CONCRETE MATRIX; CONCRETE REINFORCED; CONCRETE SPECIMENS; ELEPHANT GRASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE; HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH; STRENGTH OF CONCRETE; WEDGE SPLITTING; WHEAT STRAWS; WEDGE SPLITTING TESTS;

FRACTURE ENERGY; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84872094220     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.11.060     Document Type: Article

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