Tensile Behavior of ECC Members With or Without Reinforcement

Title: Tensile Behavior of ECC Members With or Without Reinforcement
Author(s): Keitetsu Rokugo, Seung-Chan Lim, Tetsushi Kanda, Minoru Kunieda, Yasuhiro Fujimoto
Paper category : conference
Book title: International RILEM Workshop on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites in Structural Applications
Editor(s): G. Fischer and V. C. Li
Print-ISBN: 2-912143-93-4
e-ISBN: 2912143942
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2006
Pages: 279 - 286
Total Pages: 8
Nb references: 3
Language: English

Abstract: Direct tension tests were conducted on ECC specimens to investigate their tensile performance. The specimens included those made only of ECC and those made of ECC reinforced with welded bar mesh or expanded metal. Owing to ECC’s bearing capability of tensile force after cracking, the tensile load-bearing capacity of specimens with sprayed ECC was the superposition of those of steel reinforcement and ECC, even with a low reinforcement content. When combining ECC spray material A having a low tensile deformability with steel reinforcement, the tensile deformability of the member increased, as steel reinforcement arrests and disperses cracks.
Keywords: ECC, direct tension test, multiple crack, reinforcement

Online publication: 2005-05-15
Classification: HPFRCC Design Assumptions
Publication type : full_text
Public price (Euros): 0.00
doi: 10.1617/2912143942.030