THE USE OF SISAL FIBRE AS REINFORCEMENT IN CEMENT BASED COMPOSITES

ABSTRACT The inclusion of fibre reinforcement in concrete, mortar and cement paste can enhance many of the engineering properties of the basic materials, such as fracture toughness, flexural strength and resistance to fatigue, impact, thermal shock and spalling. In recent years, a great deal of inte...

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Main Authors: Romildo Dias Tolêdo Filho, Kuruvilla Joseph, Khosrow Ghavami, George Leslie England
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande 1999-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43661999000200245&lng=en&tlng=en
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