Self-healing capability of cementitious composites incorporating different supplementary cementitious materials

M Sahmaran, G Yildirim, TK Erdem - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2013 - Elsevier
The presence of deleterious substances and their transport are among the most important
factors controlling the durability of cementitious composites. The present paper studies the …

Development of green engineered cementitious composites using iron ore tailings as aggregates

X Huang, R Ranade, W Ni, VC Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Micro-silica sand is often used as fine aggregate in the production of Engineered
Cementitious Composites (ECC), which is a class of ultra-ductile fiber-reinforced cement …

Material properties of a new hybrid fibre-reinforced engineered cementitious composite

KT Soe, YX Zhang, LC Zhang - Construction and building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper explores experimentally the mechanical properties of a new hybrid fibre-
reinforced engineered cementitious composite (ECC) material reinforced with 1.75 …

Feasibility study of developing green ECC using iron ore tailings powder as cement replacement

X Huang, R Ranade, VC Li - Journal of Materials in Civil …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
This paper reports the results of an initial attempt of using iron ore tailings (IOTs) to develop
greener engineered cementitious composites (ECCs). ECC is a unique class of high …

Impact resistance of hybrid-fiber engineered cementitious composite panels

KT Soe, YX Zhang, LC Zhang - Composite structures, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper investigates experimentally the impact resistance of a new hybrid-fiber
Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) material reinforced with 1.75% polyvinyl alcohol …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the workability and rheological properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites using factorial experimental design

M Şahmaran, Z Bilici, E Ozbay, TK Erdem… - Composites Part B …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the development of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC), micromechanics-based
design theory is adopted to properly select the matrix constituents, fiber, and fiber–matrix …

[HTML][HTML] Application of ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composite in jointless concrete pavements

J Zhang, Z Wang, X Ju - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study on the potential applications of the fiber
reinforced engineered cementitious composite with characteristic of low drying shrinkage …

The mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites containing limestone powder replaced by microsilica sand

K Turk, S Demirhan - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
In this study, an experimental program is conducted to understand the effect of the limestone
powder (LSP) content replaced by silica sand on the composite properties. For this purpose …

Self-repairing of polymer-cement concrete

P Łukowski, G Adamczewski - Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences …, 2013 - infona.pl
Self-repairing means ability to the total or partial recovering of the properties which were
worsened as a consequence of damage of the material. The subject of the paper is …

Flexural toughness and ductility characteristics of polyvinyl-alcohol fibre reinforced concrete (PVA-FRC)

A Noushini, B Samali, K Vessalas - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2013 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
This paper presents the results of an experimental study investigating the effect of un-coated
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibres on the properties of hardened concrete. PVA fibre of varying …