Fibre reinforced cementitious materials

Kawashima, S., Shah, S.P., 2011. Early-age autogenous and drying shrinkage behavior of cellulose fibre-reinforced cementitious materials. Cement Concrete Composites, 33(2), pp. 201-208. 

Stroeven, P., Morphometry of fibre reinforced cementitious materials. Part II. Mat. Constr., 1979, 12, 67, pp 9-20... 

The properties of fibre reinforced cementitious materials are dependent on the structure of the composite. Therefore, in order to analyse these composites, and to predict their performance in various loading conditions, their internal structure must be characterized. The three components that must be considered are ... 

P. Stroeven, Morphometry of fibre reinforced cementitious materials Part II inhomogeneity, segregation and anisometry of partially oriented fibre structures . Mater. Struct 12,1979, pp. 9-20. 

Kawamata, A., Mihashi, H. and Fukuyama, H. (2002). Material design of hybrid fibre reinforced cementitious composites. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 1(3) 283-290. 

Li, V.C. (1992). Post-crack scaling relations for fibre reinforced cementitious composites. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 1.4(1) 41-57. 

Bentui A. (1988) Interface in fibre reinforced cements , in Proc. Symp. Bonding in Cementitious Composites, Boston, 2—4 December 1987, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pp. 133—44. 

The intrinsic properties of mineral polymers are compared to the properties of organic polymers and cementitious materials. It follows that the toughness of mineral polymers can be increased by the addition of fibres, and that it is possible to incorporate a higher volume content of long fibres than is possible in cement. An application of this is presented under the form of tensile and bending characteristics of a jute reinforced laminate with mineral polymer matrix. 

Plain, unreinforced cementitious materials are characterized by low tensile strengths, and low tensile strain capacities that is, they are brittle materials. They thus require reinforcement before they can be used extensively as construction materials. Historically, this reinforcement has been in the form of continuous reinforcing bars, which could be placed in the structure at the appropriate locations to withstand the imposed tensile and shear stresses. Fibres, on the other hand, are discontinuous, and are most commonly randomly distributed throughout the... 

Synthetic (polymer) fibres are increasingly being used for the reinforcement of cementitious materials. Some fibres, such as polypropylene, are used very extensively, and many fibres are available that have been formulated and produced specifical ly for rei nforcement of mortars and concretes. The properties of synthetic fibres vary widely with respect to strength and modulus of elasticity, as shown for some common fibres in Table 10.1. 

Pacheco-Torgal, E, Jalali, S., 2011. Cementitious building materials reinforced with vegetable fibres A review. Construction and Building Materials, 25(2), pp. 575-581. 

Tonoli, G., Santos, S., Joaquim, A., Savastano, H.,2010. Effect of accelerated carbonation on cementitious roofing tiles reinforced with lignocellulosic fibre. Construction and Building Materials, 24(2), pp. 193-201. 

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