Abstract
Gypsum plaster products are widely used in the Australian building industry; however, the cost of reinforcing these products, in the form of glass or sisal, is increasing. This paper describes the use of wood pulp fibres to reinforce the brittle plaster matrix and demonstrates that materials with considerable fracture toughness (greater than 40 times the matrix value) and flexural strength (2 to 3 times matrix value) can be produced.
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Coutts, R.S.P. Wood-fibre reinforced plaster. J Mater Sci 21, 2959–2964 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00551516
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