Among all building materials, concrete is the most commonly used—and there is a
staggering demand for it. However, as we strive to build taller structures with improved …

The state of the art of fiber-reinforced concrete systems is covered in this book. This book
constitutes a contribution to the concrete literature during a period of dynamic growth of …

Textile Fibre Composites in Civil Engineering provides a state-of-the-art review from leading
experts on recent developments, the use of textile fiber composites in civil engineering, and …

Fiber reinforced cement based composites have made striking advances and gained
enormous momentum in recent years. This is due in particular to several developments …

Fiber-Reinforced Cements and Concretes Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Fiber-Reinforced
Cements and Concretes Page 5 Advances in Concrete Technology A series edited by VM …

This provides a guide to various portland cement-based fiber composites as well as their
consitituent material, fabrication, mechanical and long-term properties, and field …

The development of fiber reinforced concrete material has undergone a number of phases.
In the 1960's, research by Romauldi and co-workers (eg Romauldi and Batson, 1963; …

Advanced cementitious composites can be designed to have outstanding combinations of
strength (five to ten times that of conventional concrete) and energy absorption capacity (up …

It is well established that concrete breaks easily when subjected to tensile loading.
Randomly oriented short discrete fibres that stop or control the start, spread, or coalescence …

This article presents an overview of fiber applications in cementitious composites. The socio‐
economic considerations surrounding materials development in civil engineering in general …