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Dan Wang, Jialing Che, Haifeng Liu and Siew Choo Chin
Economical desert sand engineered cementitious composites (DS-ECCs) using a mixture of cement, fly ash, local desert sand, water, low-cost PVA fibers, and chemical additives were developed, aiming for a further enhancement in ductility and toughness. The...
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Xiaofei Zhang, Weidong He, Yongwang Zhang, Cheng Chen and Xun Wu
This paper presents an experimental study on the tensile behavior of basalt-fiber-grid-reinforced mortar (BGRM) before and after exposure to an elevated temperature of 300 °C considering the effect of fiber grid type, short polyvinyl alcohol fiber (PVA),...
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Lianghui Li, Bixiong Li, Zhiwen Wang, Zhibo Zhang and Othman Alselwi
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Mohsin Raza, Hyder Al Abdallah, Ayah Abdullah and Basim Abu-Jdayil
Some of the major challenges of the twenty-first century include the continued increase in energy consumption and environmental pollution. One approach to overcoming these challenges is to increase the use of waste materials and environmentally friendly ...
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Su-Jin Lee, Hyung-Jin Shin and Chan-Gi Park
The benefits of using reinforcing fibers in latex-modified rapid-set cement preplaced concrete for emergency pavement repairs were examined in terms of strength, permeability, and durability as functions of the type of fiber. Single-type fibers, includin...
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Noraniza Mohammad Jani, Mohammad Shakir Nasif, Nasir Shafiq and Ian Holt
This paper presents the experimental analysis of the effects of simulated hydrocarbon fire exposure on the mechanical properties and the heat transmission in fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete, FR-SCC. For that purpose, 300-mm thick, and 1200-mm s...
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Gregory Potter, Raul Barbosa, Alexa Villarreal, Alexandra Salinas, Hector Guzman, Heriberto De Leon, Javier A. Ortega and Karen Lozano
In the present research project, a novel portable battery-powered handheld device able to produce micron and submicron fibers using centrifugal forces is proposed. The design includes spinnerets with a clamshell configuration with multiple chambers or re...
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Muhammad Akbar Malik, Manas Sarkar, Shilang Xu and Qinghua Li
This exertion introduces polyvinyl alcohol fiber/silica nanoparticles (poly vinyl alcohol (PVA)/SiO2 NPs) in the fly ash-based geopolymer at ambient curing temperature. The present study aims at investigating the structural properties (compressive, bond ...
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Ju Zhang, Pucun Bai, Changwang Yan, Shuguang Liu and Xiaoxiao Wang
Cement-based material is brittle and is easily damaged by an impact load with a few blows. The purpose of this paper is to study the relations between the impact resistance and tensile properties of cement-based materials reinforced by polyvinyl alcohol ...
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