Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) is a class of ultra ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites, characterized by high ductility and tight crack width control. The …
Y Zhu, Y Yang, Y Yao - Construction and building materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Fly ash (FA) has been a necessary ingredient for engineered cementitious composites (ECCs) with excellent tensile strain capacity and multiple cracking. However, ECC with high …
CG Cho, YY Kim, L Feo, D Hui - Composite Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
The brittleness of concrete raises several concerns due to the lack of strength and ductility in the plastic hinge region of reinforced concrete columns. In this study, in order to improve the …
L Kan, H Shi - Construction and Building Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
Crack characteristics of M45-ECC and HFA-ECC specimens pre-loaded to strain levels of 0.3%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 2.0% were investigated in this paper. This was done at different ages …
M Hussein, M Kunieda, H Nakamura - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2012 - Elsevier
Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams using strain hardening cementitious composites (SHCCs) layer cast to their soffit has recently been investigated. That work …
This study was carried out to develop engineered cementitious composites (ECCs) incorporating binary blends of high volumes of fly ash (FA) and metakaolin (MK) for the …
SL Xu, N Wang, XF Zhang - Materials and structures, 2012 - Springer
Ultra high toughness cementitious composites (UHTCC), which has metal-like deformation and crack width restricting ability, is expected to be utilized as retrofit materials. For this …
JL Pan, F Yuan, M Luo, KY Leung - Science China Technological …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, four point bending tests were carried out to investigate the flexural properties of PVA fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composites (ECC) with different mix …
EN Herbert, VC Li - Proc., High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement …, 2012 - Springer
This research investigates the self-healing behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) in the natural environment. ECC specimens were damaged to 0.5 …