Effect of fiber length in extruded and cast cement composites

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-190, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-19

  Peled, A ^a   Akkaya, Y ^a   Shah, S P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The NSF Center for Science and Technology of Advanced Cement Based Materials

Author keywords

Bond; Cement composite; Extrusion; Fiber length; Fiber matrix inferface; Polypropylene fibers; PVA fibers; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CAST COMPOSITES; CEMENT COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE CROSS SECTION; FIBER DISTRIBUTION; FIBER-MATRIX BONDS; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACES; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR; TENSILE RESPONSE;

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 85111721082     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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