Tensile fatigue behaviour of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete combined with steel rebars (R-UHPFRC)

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-152

  Makita, Tohru ^a,b   Brühwiler, Eugen ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatigue deformation behaviour; Fatigue endurance limit; Stress transfer; Tensile fatigue; UHPFRC with steel rebars

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK SLABS; FATIGUE DEFORMATION; FATIGUE ENDURANCE LIMIT; FATIGUE LIMIT STATE; FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL REBARS; STRESS TRANSFER; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE;

BRIDGE DECKS; CONCRETES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

STEEL FIBERS;

EID: 84888298614     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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