Numerical approach for modeling steel fiber reinforced concrete

One alternative to overcome the main drawbacks of plain concrete in tension (its brittleness and weakness) is Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC), a technique introduced in the 70's, which consists of adding steel fibers into the concrete matrix. Due to the presence of the steel fibers into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pros Parés, Alba
Other Authors: Molins Borrell, Climent
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2012
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/83724