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Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) Material, Structural, and Durability Performance
Victor C. Li
- 01 Jan 2008
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TL;DR: In this paper, the family of ECC and ECC Structural Elements is discussed. But the focus is on the structural properties of the ECC structural elements and not the structural characteristics of R/ECC elements.
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Abstract: 24.1 Historical Development ....................................................24-1 24.2 General Characteristics .....................................................24-4 The Family of ECC Materials • Tensile Characteristics • ECC Material Design Considerations • Compressive and Flexural Characteristics 24.3 Mixture Proportioning, Material Processing, and Quality Control..........................................................24-8 24.4 Behavior of ECC Structural Elements ...........................24-12 Structural Response of R/ECC Elements • Insights from R/ECC Element Response 24.5 Durability of ECC and ECC Structural Elements ........24-24 Material and Element Durability • ECC Durability under Various Environments • Durability of R/ECC • Long-Term Performance 24.6 Concluding Remarks.......................................................24-37 Acknowledgments......................................................................24-40 References ...................................................................................24-40
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