Plain concrete cylinders and beams externally strengthened with natural flax fabric reinforced epoxy composites

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2083-2095

  Yan, Libo ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compressive behaviour; External strengthening; Flax FRP; Flexural behaviour; Interfacial bond

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLAX; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; LINEN; REINFORCEMENT; YARN;

COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR; EXTERNAL STRENGTHENING; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR; INTERFACIAL BONDS; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; ULTIMATE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 84930268571     PISSN: 13595997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-015-0635-1     Document Type: Article

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