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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 7, Number 2, April 2010 , pages 169-190
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2010.7.2.169
 


Flexural and tensile properties of a glass fiber-reinforced ultra-high-strength concrete: an experimental, micromechanical and numerical study
M. Jason Roth, Thomas R. Slawson and Omar G. Flores

 
Abstract
    The focus of this research effort was characterization of the flexural and tensile properties of a specific ultra-high-strength, fiber-reinforced concrete material. The material exhibited a mean unconfined compressive strength of approximately 140 MPa and was reinforced with short, randomly distributed alkali resistant glass fibers. As a part of the study, coupled experimental, analytical and numerical investigations were performed. Flexural and direct tension tests were first conducted to experimentally characterize material behavior. Following experimentation, a micromechanically-based analytical model was utilized to calculate the material
 
Key Words
    ultra-high-strength concrete; alkali resistant glass fiber; micromechanical model; tensile failure function; finite element analysis; concrete damage plasticity.
 
Address
M. Jason Roth, Thomas R. Slawson and Omar G. Flores: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
 

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