Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites

ISBN-13: 9780415250481 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 624 str.

Arnon Bentur

Opis

This text covers the fundamental scientific principles on modified fibres and describes the properties of specified systems with different type of fibres. It includes an up-to-date reference list and extensive sets of tables describing engineering properties of different systems and micrographs.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part I: Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Materials  2. Structure of Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Materials  3. Fibre-Cement Interactions: Stress Transfer, Bond and Pull-Out  4. Mechanics of Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites  5. Long Term Performance  6. Test Methods  Part II: Cementitious Composites with Different Fibres  7. Steel Fibres  8. Glass Fibres  9. Asbestos Fibres  10. Synthetic Fibres  11. Natural Fibres  12. High Performance Systems  13. Continuous Reinforcement  14. Applications of Fibre Reinforced Concrete

O autorze

Arnon Bentur is Professor of Civil Engineering at the National Building Research Institute and Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He is the President Elect and Associate Editor of Materials and Structures (RILEM).

Sidney Mindess is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, where he has taught in the Department of Civil Engineering since 1969. He hold a PhD from Standford University. His teaching and research interests are primarily in cement and concrete technology, with a particular interest in fibre reinforced concrete and the behaviour of concrete under impact loading. He has published extensively, and is engaged in consulting on concrete construction problems.