Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites: Mechanical Properties and Structural Implications 2019
n order to overcome inherent brittleness of concrete, numerous studies on the development of high ductility fiber-reinforced cement composites have been performed thus far. Several different types of fiber-reinforced cement composites with metallic, polymer, carbon, glass, nylon, and waste tire fibers have been successfully developed and effectively applied for building structures due to their benefits of limiting crack propagation and widening from fiber bridging. High-performance fiber-reinforced cement composites showing strain- or deflection-hardening behavior with multiple microcracks were recently developed, and various relevant studies are actively underway.This special issue gives a comprehensive overview on fiber-reinforced cement composites, including aspects related to material behavior, strengthening performance, numerical simulation and modeling, and structural implication under various loading conditions (i.e., static, impact, blast, fire, fatigue, etc.). The selection of papers in this special issue was very rigorous...
