X-ray computed microtomography to study autogenous healing of cementitious materials promoted by superabsorbent polymers

D Snoeck, J Dewanckele, V Cnudde… - Cement and Concrete …, 2016 - Elsevier
Autogenous healing of cracks may offer a solution for brittle cementitious materials. In this
study, the healing building blocks are available through the well-designed ultra-ductile …

Predicting the flexural behavior of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete

DY Yoo, N Banthia, YS Yoon - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2016 - Elsevier
To predict the flexural behavior of ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete
(UHPFRC) beams including straight steel fibers with various lengths, micromechanics …

Experimental study on tensile behavior of wet joints in a prefabricated composite deck system composed of orthotropic steel deck and ultrathin reactive-powder …

WH Pan, JS Fan, JG Nie, JH Hu… - Journal of Bridge …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
The widely used orthotropic steel deck system is subject to several durability problems:
fatigue cracking of the steel, wearing of the surfacing, and corrosion. Thus, the composite …

Optimizing design of high strength cement matrix with supplementary cementitious materials

J Zhang, Q Wang, Z Wang - Construction and building materials, 2016 - Elsevier
In present paper, high strength cementitious matrix, special for high strength engineered
cementitious composite (ECC) is designed using two kinds of cement, ordinary Portland …

Are the cohesive zone models necessary for delamination analysis?

Z Yuan, J Fish - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We develop a dual-purpose damage model (DPDM) that can simultaneously model
intralayer damage (ply failure) and interlayer damage (delamination) as an alternative to …

Ductility improvement of cementitious composites reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol-polypropylene hybrid fibers

HR Pakravan, M Latifi… - Journal of Industrial …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigated the hybridization effect of two chemically different fibers on the
flexural behavior of cementitious composite. On this basis, polyvinyl alcohol and …

Experimental and numerical study on cracking process in RC and R/FRC ties

P Bernardi, E Michelini, F Minelli, G Tiberti - Materials and Structures, 2016 - Springer
A numerical non-linear procedure able to represent the behavior of cracked steel fiber
reinforced concrete (SFRC) is herein presented and verified. The involved post-cracking …

Investigation of influence of nano-reinforcement on the mechanical properties of composite materials

O Kononova, A Krasnikovs, R Stonys… - Journal of Civil …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The present work studies the possibility to decrease the formation of micro and nano cracks
around short fibres in fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) composite with the help of nano …

[PDF][PDF] Multilevel modeling of fiber-reinforced concrete and application to numerical simulations of tunnel lining segments

Y Zhan - 2016 - d-nb.info
Aiming at the model-based analysis, design and optimization of engineering structures such
as segmental tunnel linings made of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC), a multilevel modeling …

Cyclic constitutive model for strain-hardening cementitious composites

C Wu, Z Pan, S Meng - Magazine of Concrete Research, 2016 - icevirtuallibrary.com
A uniaxial cyclic constitutive model for strain-hardening cementitious composites (SHCCs) is
proposed based on the response of the material at the stress–strain level under different …