Experimental investigation of flexural behaviours of hybrid engineered cementitious composite beams under static and fatigue loading

• Published in: Engineering structures Vol. 262; p. 114369
• Main Authors: Zhu, Shiyao, Zhang, Y.X., Lee, C.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Composite beams; Crack propagation; Ductility; Fatigue cracking; Fatigue life; Fatigue loading; Flexural behaviour; Flexural strength; Fracture mechanics; Highway bridges; Hybrid engineered cementitious composite; Materials fatigue; Modulus of rupture in bending; Multiple-cracking behaviour; Polyethylene; Polyethylene fibre; Polyethylenes; Repeated loading; Steel fibers; Steel fibre; Steel fibre; Flexural behaviour; Multiple-cracking behaviour; Fatigue loading; Polyethylene fibre; Hybrid engineered cementitious composite

[Display omitted] •Flexural behaviours of hybrid ECC beams under static and fatigue loadings studied.•Effects of three different polyethylene and steel fibre contents studied.•A four-stage multiple-cracking behaviour was observed under static loading.•Beams with 1.25% polyethylene and 0.75% steel fi...