Brittle Matrix Composites 8

Content: 
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages v-vi
Contributors, Page vii
High Performance Concrete: Where Do We Go from Here?, Pages 15-23, Mindess Sidney
On Connectivity of Porosity in Model Cement Paste, Pages 25-34, Piet Stroeven, Huisu Chen, Martijn Stroeven
Moisture Dependence of Pore Size and Specific Surface Area of Hardened Cement Paste Determined with Saxs and Inverse Gas Chromatography, Pages 35-44, Jürgen Adolphs
The Effects of Microstructural Features of Mortars on the Laser Cleaning Process, Pages 45-54, Poologanathan Sanjeevan, Agnieszka J. Klemm, Piotr Klemm
Fly Ash Based Geocements: Genesis of Microstructure and Properties at Hydration-Dehydration Process, Pages 55-64, Pavel Krivenko, Georgiy Kovalchuk, Angel Palomo, Ana FernÁndez-JimÉnez
Influence of Water-Soluble Polymers on the Microstructure of Cement Mortars, Pages 65-72, Elke Knapen, Dionys Van Gemert
Static and Dynamic Response of Cellulose Fibergypsum-Board Wall Elements, Pages 73-84, H.W. Reinhardt, R. Finn, S. Aicher
Effect of Material Non-Linearity on the Flexural Response of Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Pages 85-98, Chote Soranakom, Barzin Mobasher, Saurabh Bansal
The Effect of Durability on the Design of Self-Bearing Sandwich Panels with Cementitious Composite Faces, Pages 99-108, Heidi Cwpers, Petra Van Itterbeeck, Jan Wastiels
Debonding Phenomena in FRP – Strengthened Concrete Members, Pages 109-122, Renata Kotynia
Fracture Toughness Variation of Prestressing Steels by Bicarbonate Solutions, Pages 123-129, J. Sánchez, J. Fullea, C. Andrade
Sensitivity of Rapid-Setting Self-Consolidating Concrete (RSSCC) to Mixture Production Variables, Pages 131-148, Yogini Deshpande, Jan Olek
A Discussion on the Essential Issues for the Successful Production of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC), Pages 149-159, Syed Ali Rizwan, Thomas A. Bier, Katja Dombrowski
Preliminary Optimization Analysis of Ternary Mixtures for Bridge Decks, Pages 161-174, Mateusz Radlinski, Jan Olek, Haejin Kim, Tommy Nantung, Anthony Zander
High Performance Self-Compacting Mortars Containing Pozzolanic Powders, Pages 175-186, Syed Ali Rizwan, Thomas. A. Bier, Muhammad Sharif Nizami
Discussion on Secondary Flexure in Uniaxial Tension Test of Concrete, Pages 187-194, Hiroshi Akita, Hideo Koide, Yoshio Ozaka
Identification of Uniaxial Tension Tests of Concrete Based on Machine Learning Technique, Pages 195-204, Dariusz Alterman, Janusz Kasperkiewicz, Hiroshi Akita, Mitsuo Ojima
Virtual 3D Nonlinear Simulation of Uniaxial Tension Test of Concrete, Pages 205-212, Drahomír NovÁk, Jan PodrouŽek, Hiroshi Akita
Comparison of Basic Mechanical-Physical Properties and Frost Resistance of Common Fine-Grained Concrete and Brickconcrete with Fibres and without Fibres, Pages 213-219, Hana Hanzlová, Jaroslav Výborný, Jan Vodička
Recent Developments in the Modeling of Matrix Crack Propagation in Brittle Matrix Composites, Pages 221-238, Henrik Stang, Lars Dick-Nielsen, Peter Noe Poulsen, John Forbes
Compressive Toughness of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Under Impact Loading, Pages 239-249, Lihe Zhang, Sidney Mindess
Behavior Under Compression and Bending Loads of Multi-Scale High Performance Steel Fiber Reinforced Cement Based Composites, Pages 251-262, Flávio de A. Silva, Sidiclei Formagini, Romildo D. Toledo Filho, Eduardo de M.R. Fairbairn
Flexural Response of Reinforced Beam with High Ductility Concrete Material, Pages 263-274, Maria M. Szerszen, Aleksander Szwed, Victor C. Li
Efficiency of Multi Filament Reinforcement in Cementitious Composites, Pages 275-284, Frank Jesse
Volume Changes of Fibre Concrete with Steel and Synthetic Fibres, Pages 285-292, Dušan Spůra, Jan Vodička, Marian Abramowicz
Impact Behavior of Fabric-Cement Based Composites, Pages 293-302, Efrat Butnariu, Alva Peled, Barzin Mobasher
Modeling of Stress Wave Propagation in Repair Systems Tested with Impact-Echo Method, Pages 303-314, Andrzej Garbacz, Lesław Kwaśniewski
Strength Development and Epoxy Resin-Cement Interaction in Hardener-Free Epoxy-Modified Mortars, Pages 315-322, Yoshihiko Ohama, Mitsukazu Ochi, Shinsuke Kumagai, Masahiro Ota
Non-Destructive Testing of Polymer Modified Concrete, Pages 323-330, Jure Galić, Ivana Banjadpečur
Quantifying Variability in Assessing the Risk of Early-Age Cracking in Restrained Concrete Elements, Pages 331-342, Aleksandra Radlinska, Jason Weiss
Structural Performance and Crack Control of Fibre Concrete Beams with Conventional Reinforcement, Pages 343-350, Alena Kohoutková, Iva Broukalová
The Analysis of Crack Formation in Concrete and Slightly Reinforced Concrete Member in Bending, Pages 351-360, Marta Słowik
Multiple Cracks Bridged by Multifilament Yarns: Impact of Local Scatter on Ultimate Load, Pages 361-372, Miroslav Vořechovský, Martin Konrad, Rostislav Chudoba
An Investigation into Deicer-Induced ASR Distress in Concrete, Pages 373-385, Prasada Rao Rangaraju, Ketan Sompura, Jan Olek
Experimental and Numerical Study of Frost Salt Scaling of Concrete, Pages 387-397, Oğuzhan ÇopuroĞlu, Erik Schlangen
Stability of Hydrosulfoaluminosilicate Compounds and Durability of an Artificial Stone Based on Them, Pages 399-408, Ekaterina Pushkarova, Vladimir Gots, Olga Gonchar
Durability of an Overlay-Old Concrete Interface: The Role of a Metal Fibre Reinforcement, Pages 409-419, Quoc-Thanh Tran, Ahmed Toumi, Anaclet Turatsinze
On Science Aspects of Simulating Practical Manifestations of Concrete, Pages 421-430, Piet Stroeven, Jing Hu
Rheology of Fiber-Reinforced Cement Systems Using a Custom Built Rheometer, Pages 431-439, Katherine Kuder, Nilufer Ozyurt, Edward Mu, Surendra Shah
The Influence of Cement Paste Volume in Mortar on the Rheological Effects of the Addition of Superplasticizer, Pages 441-450, Jacek Gołaszewski
The Rheological Properties of Fresh Steel Fibre Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete, Pages 451-458, Tomasz Ponkiewski
Correlation Between Bending Resistance of Epoxy Composite Specimens Maintained in Water and in Petroleum, Pages 459-466, Tatiana Lyashenko, Vitaly Voznesensky, Alexandra Dovgan, Igor Podagelis
Inorganic Geocement Matrix in Composite Materials, Pages 467-476, Pavel V. Krivenko, Mykola A. Mokhort
Properties of Clinoptilolite Based Autoclaved Composites, Pages 477-485, Włodzimierz Mozgawa, Waldemar Pichór
Advanced Models for the Simulation of Anisotropic Damage in Fibre and Textile Reinforced Ceramics, Pages 487-493, Werner Hufenbach, Robert Böhm, Albert Langkamp
Modelling of Metallic Inter-Granular Layers in Polycrystalline Ceramics, Pages 495-505, Eligiusz Poster, Tomasz Sadowski, Christophe Denis
A New Micromechanics Based Predictive Method for Porous Ceramics Behaviour Under Compression, Pages 507-516, Sylwester Samborski, Tomasz Sadowski
The Influence of Modification of the Structure of Silicate Materials on Their Properties After Non-Autoclaved Hardening, Pages 517-525, Elena S. Shinkevich, Yevgen S. Lutskin, Olga P. Gnyp, Aleksandr A. Koichev, Juliya V. Dotsenko
R-curves from Equivalent Elastic Crack Approach: Effect of Structural Geometry on Fracture Behaviour, Pages 527-536, Vàclav Veselý, Zbyněk Keršner
Fracture Toughness at Shear (Mode II) of Concretes Made of Natural and Broken Aggregates, Pages 537-546, Grzegorz Golewski, Tomasz Sadowski
On Fracture Enrgy of Concrete for Short-Time Loading in Tension, Pages 547-558, Janusz R. Klepaczko
Dynamic Response of Concrete at High Loading Rates a New Hopkinson Bar Device, Pages 559-569, Ilse Vegt, Jaap Weerheijm
Microstructure Alterations Underlying Electrochemical Process of Chloride-Induced Corrosion, Pages 571-580, Dessi A. Koleva, Jing Hu, Piet Stroeven
Effect of Porosity and Fracture Toughness on Explosive Spalling of Concrete, Pages 581-588, Dita Matesová, Zbyněk Keršner
Hardening of Calcium Hydroxide and Calcium Silicate Binders Due to Carbonation and Hydration, Pages 589-599, Ozlem Cizer, Jan Campforts, Koen van Balen, Jan Elsen, Dionys van Gemert
Index of Contributors, Pages 601-603