Print Email Facebook Twitter Fibre Reinforced Profiled Mortar Joints for Precast Concrete Structures Title Fibre Reinforced Profiled Mortar Joints for Precast Concrete Structures Author Hobson, D.A. Contributor Nijsse, R. (mentor) Van Keulen, D.C. (mentor) Grünewald, S. (mentor) Leijten, T. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Programme Structural and Building Engineering Date 2014-08-27 Abstract The precast concrete sector is growing and to continue this growth it is necessary that new innovations, ideas, technologies etc. are developed to improve the functionality of precast concrete structures. Many applications can be found nowadays for all different kinds of precast concrete elements. One such application for example is precast concrete shear walls. These walls may consist of elements of different shapes and sizes and are connected at a joint. The joints are important for the structural functionality and have a large influence on the costs of the structure. The joints are often the biggest drawback. To tackle this, many different technologies and methods have been and are being developed to improve the functionality of the joint, while taking the costs into account. One such method is the application of steel fibre reinforced mortar in the joint. The intention is to increase the shear strength of the joint by manipulating the material properties of the mortar through addition of straight smooth steel fibres. The steel fibres can also be accompanied by other fibres for the purpose of enhancing properties other than strength. Since not much is known of the effect of steel fibre reinforced mortar on the shear strength of the profiled mortar joints, research was needed. Subject precast concrete jointsfibre reinforced mortarprofiled mortar jointsstress-strain relationstress-crack width relationfictitious crack modelinverse analysismulti-layer inverse modelling proceduretensile strength mortarcompression strength mortarsteel fibremortarthixotropic To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:eea2f213-5696-4741-a981-f71d8acd2598 Embargo date 2016-08-27 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2014 Hobson, D.A. Files PDF Fibre_Reinforced_Profiled ... Hobson.pdf 14.84 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:eea2f213-5696-4741-a981-f71d8acd2598/datastream/OBJ/view