Proposed flexural test method and associated inverse analysis for ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete

ACI Materials Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-555

  Baby, Florent ^a   Graybeal, Benjamin ^b   Marchand, Pierre ^a   Toutlemonde, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b FHWA Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending test; Flexural test; Inverse analysis; Strain distribution; Tensile stress strain response; Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC); Ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC)

Indexed keywords

FLEXURAL TESTS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE;

BENDING TESTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 84878399451     PISSN: 0889325X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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