CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS

CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IS AT PRESENT BEING SHOWN IN THE REINFORCEMENT OF PRECAST CONCRETE COMPONENTS BY INCORPORATION OF SHORT LENGTHS OF FIBERS OR WIRE IN THE CONCRETE MIX (E.G., THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1971 ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL). A SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS FIELD IS THE "CARICRETE" PROCESS, IN WHICH FIBRILLATED POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS ARE EMPLOYED. THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS ARE DESCRIBED: MIXING THE CONCRETE, COMPACTION, BEHAVIOR UNDER TESTING, FLEXURAL AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, AND COSTS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Precast Concrete /UK

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• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 533-6
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Cemento /Italy/
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Cemento /Italy

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Admixtures; Concrete; Fibers; Material reinforcement; Polypropylene; Precast concrete; Reinforced concrete
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00214183
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1973 12:00AM