Global Advanced Research Journal of Engineering, Technology and Innovation May 2012 Vol. 1(2), pp 043-046 

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Original Research Articles

Laboratory study of ductile Cementitious panels under impact loads 

Seyyed Saber Zarari¹, and Kouros Nekoufar² 

¹Islamic Azad University Chaloos Branch

²Islamic Azad UniversityChaloos Branch. 

Corresponding author Email: maral_meftahi89@yahoo.com 

Accepted 04 April, 2012

Abstract

Ductility is one of the factors effective on study of impact loads resistant elements including explosion. One of the weaknesses of concrete elements is their low ductility against intensive loads and the engineers use fibrous concretes in order to reinforce these elements. In order to make fibrous concretes, different fibers such as steel, carbon, glass and polymer fibers. One of the superpower polymer fibers which are used in concrete elements is PVA fibers. Concrete made from these fibers has high ductility. In this article, behaviour of the cementitious composites under impact loads is studied and assessed and the obtained results are presented. 

Keywords: Engineered Cementitious Composites, Strain Hardness, Impact Loads, Permeatio