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First crack strength of ferrocement in flexure

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Methods based on classical lamination theory have been developed for calculating the bending stiffness and stresses in individual layers, as well as predicting the influence of the synergetic effect on the first crack strength in ferrocement. These methods take into account the arrangement and geometry of meshes and the mechanical properties of components.

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  1. A. A. Skudra
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Riga Technical University, LV-1047 Latvia. Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 489–495, July–August, 1997.

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Skudra, A.A., Skudra, A.M. First crack strength of ferrocement in flexure. Mech Compos Mater 33, 343–348 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02256285

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