Simulation of crack propagation of fiber reinforced cementitious composite under direct tension

J Zhang, CKY Leung, Y Gao - Engineering fracture mechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
Mode I crack propagation in fiber reinforced cementitious composite is simulated based on
fracture mechanics criteria. To analyze crack propagation, a superposition method is …

Tensile fracture process of strain hardening cementitious composites by means of three-dimensional meso-scale analysis

M Kunieda, H Ogura, N Ueda, H Nakamura - Cement and Concrete …, 2011 - Elsevier
There are a wide variety of short fiber reinforced cement composites. Among these materials
are Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) that exhibit strain hardening and …

Development of high strength high ductility concrete

R Ranade, MD Stults, VC Li, TS Rushing, J Ronth… - 2011 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
The development of a new material, High Strength High Ductility Concrete (HSHDC), and its
unique composite properties are reported in this paper. HSHDC attains an average …

Mechanical and electrical characterization of self-sensing carbon black ECC

VWJ Lin, M Li, JP Lynch, VC Li - … for Composite Materials …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In this paper, the development of a new variation of Engineered Cementitious Composite
(ECC) that aims to combine tensile ductility with self-sensing ability is described. ECC is a …

Strain-hardening ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete: Deformability versus strength optimization

E Denarié, E Brühwiler - Restoration of Buildings and Monuments, 2011 - degruyter.com
Abstract High Performance Cement-based composites such as some UHPFRC or SHCC
exhibit a tensile strain hardening response associated to the progressive formation of finely …

Investigation on stress-crack opening relationship of engineered cementitious composites using inverse approach

J Zhang, X Ju - Cement and concrete research, 2011 - Elsevier
The stress-crack opening relationship of engineered cementitious composites was
determined with an inverse method. Four cement matrixes with water to cement ratio of 0.55 …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical modeling of high performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites

M Trüb - IBK Bericht, 2011 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The devastating sequence of earthquakes that stuck the city of Christchurch, New Zealand,
from September 2010 to June 2011 is the last example of seismic events occurring in …

Headed anchor/engineered cementitious composites (ECC) pullout behavior

S Qian, VC Li - Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In this paper, the inelastic damage process in Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC)
in the high stress concentration zone adjacent to the head of an embedded anchor under …

Strengthening effects of DFRCC layers applied to RC flexural members

SK Shin, K Kim, YM Lim - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2011 - Elsevier
Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (DFRCC) features a superior strain
capacity of 5–6% under tensile loading. However, the strengthening effect of DFRCC on the …

Static and dynamic tensile behaviour of PE-fibrous ferrocement

VWJ Lin, ST Quek, M Maalej - Magazine of concrete research, 2011 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents the results of a study on the quasi-static and dynamic uni-axial tensile
behaviours of polyethylene-fibrous ferrocement. The study first focused on the quasi-static …