Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tensile failure mechanisms in synthetic fibre-reinforced mortar

  • Papers
  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The ultimate tensile behaviour of fibre-reinforced cementitious composites is closely related to its failure mechanisms which in turn are dependent on reinforcement parameters such as fibre characteristics and the fibre/matrix interface properties. Based on the direct tensile tests of mortar specimens reinforced with various synthetic fibres, this paper attempts to explain such relationships and to indicate directions towards more effective fibre reinforcement.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. A. Hillerborg,Int. J. Cement Compos. 2 (1980) 177.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Y. Wang, V. C. Li andS. Backer,J. Cement Concrete Compos. 12 (1990) 29.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Y. Wang, PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (June 1989).

  4. Y. Wang, V. C. Li andS. Backer,Amer. Concrete Inst. Mater. J. 87 (1990) 461.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Idem, Composites 20 (1989) 265.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. V. C. Li, Y. Wang andS. Backer,J. Compos. 21 (1990) 132.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Textile and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Youjiang Wang

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    V. C. Li

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

    S. Backer

Authors
  1. Youjiang Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. C. Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. S. Backer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Wang, Y., Li, V.C. & Backer, S. Tensile failure mechanisms in synthetic fibre-reinforced mortar. J Mater Sci 26, 6565–6575 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02402647

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02402647

Keywords

Search

Navigation