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An experimental study of synthetic fibre reinforced cementitious composites

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Fibre reinforcement is one of the effective ways of improving the properties of concrete. However, current studios on fibre -reinforced concrete (FRC) have focused mainly on reinforcements with steel and glass fibres. Thin paper reports on an experimental programme on the properties of various synthetic fibre reinforced cementitious composites and the properties of the reinforcing fibres. Acrylic, polyester, and aramid fibres were tested in uniaxial tension, both in their original state as we!! as after ageing in nerO*nL Samples of these fibres were found to lose varying amounts of strength with time, depending on the ageing temperature. Two different test methods were used to measure the fibre-cement interfacial bond strength. The tensile properties of concrete reinforced with acrylic, nylon, and aramid fibres, in the form of random distribution or unioxial alignment, were studied by means of three different tests: compact tension, flexural, and splitting tensile tests. The properties of concrete, particularly that of apparent ductility, were found to be greatly improved by the inclusion of such fibre reinforcement.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Youjiang Wang & Stanley Backer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Victor C. Li

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Wang, Y., Backer, S. & Li, V.C. An experimental study of synthetic fibre reinforced cementitious composites. J Mater Sci 22, 4281–4291 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01132019

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