CARDIFRC^® – Development and mechanical properties. Part III: Uniaxial tensile response and other mechanical properties Available to Purchase

Part III of this three-part paper about CARDIFRC^®, a class of high performance short steel fibre-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCCs), deals with the measurement of the tensile response of CARDIFRC^® mixes on a specially developed specimen geometry and loading arrangement. It also compares the measured mechanical properties (Young's modulus, E, compressive strength, f_c, tensile strength, f_t, specific fracture energy, G_F) with the theoretically predicted values using micromechanical relations.