Nanocelluloses: Natural-based materials for fiber-reinforced cement composites. A critical review

A Balea, E Fuente, A Blanco, C Negro - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanocelluloses (NCs) are bio-based nano-structurated products that open up new solutions
for natural material sciences. Although a high number of papers have described their …

Fatigue deformation model of plain and fiber-reinforced concrete based on Weibull function

BT Huang, QH Li, SL Xu - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
A novel model based on the three-parameter Weibull function is proposed to describe the
three-stage fatigue deformation behavior of plain and fiber-reinforced concrete. The fatigue …

Graphene-based modification on the interface in fibre reinforced cementitious composites for improving both strength and toughness

X Yao, E Shamsaei, W Wang, S Zhang… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
The attainment of both high strength and high toughness is an essential requirement for
most structural materials. However, these properties are generally mutually exclusive. To …

Damping characteristics of PVA fiber-reinforced cementitious composite containing high-volume fly ash under frequency-temperature coupling effects

WJ Long, HD Li, L Mei, W Li, F Xing… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
The service life of concrete structures is often threatened by unfavorable dynamic loads.
Optimizing the material damping can improve the vibration damping of the structure. In this …

Strain hardening magnesium-silicate-hydrate composites (SHMSHC) reinforced with short and randomly oriented polyvinyl alcohol microfibers

C Sonat, S He, J Li, C Unluer, EH Yang - Cement and Concrete Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnesium-silicate-hydrate (MSH) cement has emerged as an alternative binder
with potentially lower energy requirements and emissions. Due to the intrinsically low pH …

Correlation between the mechanical properties and the fiber breaking morphology of fiber reinforced shotcrete (FRS)

J Zhao, X Meng, L Chen, G Liu, Z Zhang, Q Xu - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
As the primary material for roadway support in underground engineering, shotcrete is of
great significance to the underground construction industry. Shotcrete alone is brittle and its …

Behaviour of pre-cracked self-healing cementitious materials under static and cyclic loading

G Anglani, JM Tulliani, P Antonaci - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Capsule-based self-healing is increasingly being targeted as an effective way to improve the
durability and sustainability of concrete infrastructures through the extension of their service …

Ethanol plasma-induced polymerization of carbon fiber surface for improving mechanical properties of carbon fiber-reinforced lightweight oil well cement

S Huang, X Cheng, X Guo, Y Shi, W Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber (CF) pretreated with oxygen plasma and modified with ethanol plasma was
employed to improve the mechanical properties of lightweight oil well cement (LOWC) …

[HTML][HTML] Flexural fatigue properties of ultra-high performance engineered cementitious composites (UHP-ECC) reinforced by polymer fibers

L Sui, Q Zhong, K Yu, F Xing, P Li, Y Zhou - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the application of engineered cementitious composites (ECCs) in structures
subjected to cyclic fatigue loading, such as highway bridges, has gained widespread …

Fatigue behaviors of graphene reinforcing concrete composites under compression

L Li, Q Zheng, B Han, J Ou - International Journal of Fatigue, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper first studies the fatigue behaviors of multi-layer graphene (MLG) reinforcing
reactive powder concrete (RPC) under compressive loads. It provides experimental results …