1st Edition

Fiber-Reinforced Cements and Concretes

By Colin D Johnston Copyright 2001
380 Pages
by CRC Press

380 Pages
by CRC Press

372 Pages
by CRC Press

The concept of reinforcing brittle materials like cement paste, mortar or concrete with fibers has been known since ancient times. For example, baked clay reinforced with straw was used to build mud huts, and mortars for masonry were reinforced with animal hair. The wide variety of fiber types available in the 20th century has led to the development of a specialization in modern concrete... Read more
1. Introduction.  2. Fiber-Matrix Interactions in the Freshly Mixed State.  3. Fiber-Matrix Interactions in the Hardened State.  4. Composite Behavious under Load.  5. Materials Mixture Proportioning and Manufacture.  6. Properties and Applications - Fiber Reinforced Cements.  7. Properties and Applications Fiber Reinforced Concretes. 

Biography

Colin D Johnston