An investigation on adding polypropylene fibers to reinforce lightweight cement composites (LWC)

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Bagherzadeh, Roohollah ^a   Pakravan, Hamid Reza ^a   Sadeghi, Abdol Hossein ^a   Latifi, Masoud ^a   Merati, Ali Akbar ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cement composite; Concrete; PP fiber

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHRINKAGE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION; WELL CEMENTING;

CEMENT COMPOSITE; HARDENED CONCRETE PROPERTIES; LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; PP FIBER; SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBERS;

EID: 84874328443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15589250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155892501200700410     Document Type: Article

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