CRACKING OF STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED MORTAR DUE TO RESTRAINED SHRINKAGE. FIBRE REINFORCED CEMENTS AND CONCRETES: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES, COLLEGE OF CARDIFF, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, UNITED KINGDOM, SEPTEMBER 18-20, 1989

A study was conducted to investigate the cracking behaviour of steel fibre reinforced mortar under restrained shrinkage conditions. Specimens with various volume fractions were cast on to a precompressed steel box section. Epoxy resin adhesive was used to ensure composite action between the specimens and steel box section. After curing, the prestress was reduced in stages subjecting the specimens to tensile stresses at the interface. This simulated the effects of restrained shrinkage on the specimens. Strains at first crack, crack widths and crack spacings of the specimens were studied. The results obtained are presented and discussed in this paper.(A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 827953.

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• Authors:
  • Ong, KCG
  • Paramasivam, P
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 179-187
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  • Publication of: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Limited
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete curing; Conferences; Cracking; Epoxy resins; Fibers; Material reinforcement; Mortar; Reinforcing materials; Steel; Stresses; Test procedures
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology;

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• Accession Number: 00604689
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 1-85166-415-7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM