Durability of Strain-Hardening Fibre-Reinforced Cement-Based Composites (SHCC)

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-1

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2. Introduction

   • Gideon P.A.G. van Zijl, Folker H. Wittmann

   Pages 1-8

3. Durability under Mechanical Load – Micro-crack Formation (Ductility)

   • Gideon P.A.G. van Zijl

   Pages 9-39

4. Durability under Chemical Loads

   • Byung H. Oh, Petr Kabele

   Pages 41-58

5. Durability under Thermal Loads

   • Romildo D. Toledo Filho, Eduardo M.R. Fairbairn, Volker Slowik

   Pages 59-71

6. Durability under Combined Loads

   • Folker H. Wittmann

   Pages 73-79

7. Durability of Fibres

   • Atsuhisa Ogawa, Hideki Hoshiro

   Pages 81-88

8. Durability of Structural Elements and Structures

   • Viktor Mechtcherine, Frank Altmann

   Pages 89-111

9. Durability, Economical, Ecological, and Social Aspects: Life-cycle Considerations

   • Michael D. Lepech

   Pages 113-131

10. Back Matter

    Pages 10-10

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Strain-Hardening Fibre-Reinforced Cement-Based Composites (SHCC) were named after their ability to resist increased tensile force after crack formation, over a significant tensile deformation range. The increased resistance is achieved through effective crack bridging by fibres, across multiple cracks of widths in the micro-range. Whether these small crack widths are maintained under sustained, cyclic or other load paths, and whether the crack width limitation translates into durability through retardation of ingress of moisture, gas and other deleterious matter, are scrutinized in this book by evaluation of test results from several laboratories internationally. The durability of SHCC under mechanical, chemical, thermal and combined actions is considered, both for the composite and the fibre types typically used in SHCC. The compilation of this state-of-the-art report has been an activity of the RILEM TC 208-HFC, Subcommittee 2: Durability, during the committee life 2005-2009.

• Fibre-reinforced
• SHCC
• Service Life
• Strain-hardening cement-based composite
• cement durability

• Aedificat Institute Freiburg (AIF), Freiburg, Germany

  F. Wittmann

• , Civil Engineering Department, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

  G. Van Zijl

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