High-performance materials in infrastructure: a review of applied life cycle costing and its drivers–the case of fiber-reinforced composites

P Ilg, C Hoehne, E Guenther - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, an investment bottleneck for public infrastructure has accumulated in many
industrial countries. Life cycle costing (LCC) is an appropriate management instrument for …

Electrical percolation threshold of cementitious composites possessing self-sensing functionality incorporating different carbon-based materials

A Al-Dahawi, MH Sarwary, O Öztürk… - Smart Materials and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
An experimental study was carried out to understand the electrical percolation thresholds of
different carbon-based nano-and micro-scale materials in cementitious composites. Multi …

Influence of micro-cracking on the permeability of engineered cementitious composites

H Liu, Q Zhang, C Gu, H Su, VC Li - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) forms multiple micro-cracks under
tension when loaded to beyond the elastic stage. Unlike normal concrete, such tight cracks …

Self-healing and expansion characteristics of cementitious composites with high volume fly ash and MgO-type expansive agent

MAA Sherir, KMA Hossain, M Lachemi - Construction and Building …, 2016 - Elsevier
Discovering new cement based materials characterised with self-healing capability is
essential for sustainable infrastructure with longer service life. Engineered cementitious …

Longitudinal shear resistance of PVA-ECC composite slabs

BS Mohammed, M Aswin, WH Beatty, M Hafiz - Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Including polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber to develop a ductile engineered cementitious
composite (ECC) is an effective way to overcome the brittle behavior of conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear behavior of RC beams strengthened with strain hardening cementitious composites subjected to monotonic and cyclic loads

AEH Khalil, E Etman, A Atta, M Essam - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra High Performance Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (UHP-SHCC)
are useful for strengthening or repairing concrete members. However there is a need to use …

Phenomenological interpretation of the shear behavior of reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composite beams

I Paegle, G Fischer - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper describes an experimental investigation of the shear behavior of beams
consisting of steel Reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composites (R/ECC). This study …

Multiscale modelling of multiple-cracking tensile fracture behaviour of engineered cementitious composites

T Huang, YX Zhang, C Yang - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper a hierarchical multiscale modelling method is proposed to analyse the strain-
hardening and multiple-cracking tensile fracture behaviour of engineered cementitious …

A review on the use of engineered cementitious composite in bridges

A Krouma, ZI Syed - Materials Science Forum, 2016 - Trans Tech Publ
Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) is a material with high ductility, tensile strength
and self-healing more than the standard concrete. Applications of ECC are beneficial due to …

Optimized fresh and hardened properties of strain-hardening cementitious composites: Effect of sand size and workability

MI Khan, G Fares, S Mourad… - Journal of Materials in Civil …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
The feasibility of the preparation of strain-hardening cementitious composites (SHCC) relies
to a great extent on the properties of one of its main constituents, quartz sand. The particle …