@article{scholars6821,
           pages = {30--41},
             doi = {10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.06.008},
          volume = {153},
           title = {Investigating the performance of PVA and basalt fibre reinforced beams subjected to flexural action},
         journal = {Composite Structures},
            year = {2016},
       publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
            note = {cited By 64},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84973446488&doi=10.1016\%2fj.compstruct.2016.06.008&partnerID=40&md5=289de3ebdde4cf755470fb2fb600e748},
        abstract = {This paper presents the flexural test results of 21 fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) beams containing PVA and basalt fibres (1-3 by volume). Fibre reinforced concrete was made of three different binders; the first binder type was 100 cement, the other two types were blended cement system containing a part of 10 silica fume or metakaolin with 90 cement. For each the three binder system; 7 beams of the size 100 {\~A}? 200 {\~A}? 1500 mm were cast, the first beam known as control beam contained no fibres. The remaining 6 beams were cast using FRC containing a volume fraction of 1, 2 and 3 PVA and basalt fibres, respectively. All 21 beams were tested to failure under three-point flexural loading. Experimental results showed that the addition of PVA fibres significantly improved the post-cracking flexural response compared to that of the basalt fibres. Beams with 3 PVA fibre volume showed deflection-hardening behaviour with an improvement in post-cracking flexural strength. It means that the addition of high volume content of PVA fibres made the beams more tough and ductile. Whereas, deflection-softening behaviour was observed in case of beams containing higher volume of basalt fibres. {\^A}{\copyright} 2016.},
        keywords = {Basalt; Binders; Bins; Cements; Concretes; Cracks; Fiber reinforced materials; Reinforced concrete; Silica; Silica fume, Different binders; Fibre reinforced; Fibre reinforced concrete; Flexural behaviour; Flexural response; Hardening behaviours; Metakaolins; Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA), Fibers},
          author = {Shafiq, N. and Ayub, T. and Khan, S. U.},
            issn = {02638223}
}