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On the mechanical properties and fracture behavior of polyolefin fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete
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In this article, the fracture properties of a self-compacting concrete with low, medium and high-fiber contents of macro polyolefin fibers are compared with a plain self compacting concrete and also with a steel fiber-reinforced self compounding concrete.About:
This article is published in Construction and Building Materials.The article was published on 2014-03-31. It has received 148 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fiber-reinforced concrete & Toughness.read more
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Use of macro plastic fibres in concrete: A review
TL;DR: The use of macro plastic fibres to reinforce concrete has attracted widespread attention from both scientists and construction industry due to the multiple sustainability benefits they offer, compared to steel fibres and steel reinforcing mesh as mentioned in this paper.
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Effect of pumice powder and nano-clay on the strength and permeability of fiber-reinforced pervious concrete incorporating recycled concrete aggregate
Peyman Mehrabi,Mahdi Shariati,Kamyar Kabirifar,Majid Jarrah,Haleh Rasekh,Nguyen Thoi Trung,Ali Shariati,Soheil Jahandari +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated employing recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and pozzolanic additives as a partial replacement (PR) of natural coarse aggregate (NCA), and Portland cement, respectively.
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Synthetic fibers for cementitious composites: A critical and in-depth review of recent advances
TL;DR: The use of polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers in cementitious composites has received significant attention in recent years as discussed by the authors.
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A review on concrete fracture energy and effective parameters
TL;DR: An overview of the available approaches in determining the fracture energy of concrete and effective parameters is presented and includes experimental methods which form the basis for measuring the fracture energies obtained from work of fracture and size effect models and thus provides a comparison between different models.
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Effect of macro-synthetic fibers on the fracture energy and mechanical behavior of recycled aggregate concrete
Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi,Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi,Muhammad Junaid Munir,Yu-Fei Wu,Indubhushan Patnaikuni +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the fracture behavior, mechanical performance and microstructure of macro-synthetic fiber reinforced RAC using three different replacement ratios of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) (i.e., 0, 50% and 100%) and three different dosages of macro synthetic fibers (0, 0.5% and 1% of volume of RAC).
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Fibre reinforced cement-based (FRC) composites after over 40 years of development in building and civil engineering
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Mechanical properties of high-strength steel fiber-reinforced concrete
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Fiber-reinforced concrete: An overview after 30 years of development
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