UNIAXIAL TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE TESTING OF SPRAYED STEEL FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE

S. Okubo (Japan), K. Fukui (Japan), Q. Yang (Japan) and T. Ochi (Japan)

Received May 28, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: l strength, compressive strength, tensile strength, complete stress-strain curve, anisotropy, viscoelasticity.