Purpose Three-dimensional printing of concrete (3DPC) has a potential for the rapid
industrialization of the housing sector, with benefits of reduced construction time due to no …

In recent years, an emerging technology termed,“High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced
Concrete (HPFRC)” has become popular in the construction industry. The materials used in …

Despite the growing interest in 3D concrete printing, its current progress is limited by
reinforcing methods. Inclusion of steel fibers is a potential reinforcing solution; however, the …

Ultra-high performance engineered cementitious composites (UHP-ECC), which combines
the strain-hardening and multiple crack characteristics and the high strength of mortar …

ECC micromechanics relates material microstructures to the composite tensile behavior,
which enables backward component tailoring to achieve targeted tensile performance at the …

Advanced cementitious composites can be designed to have outstanding combinations of
strength (five to ten times that of conventional concrete) and energy absorption capacity (up …

A high-performance polyvinyl alcohol fiber-reinforced engineered cementitious composite
(PVA-ECC) for structural applications has been developed under the performance-driven …

Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) has emerged in recent years as an attractive new high
performance cement-based composite. Textiles can significantly improve the mechanical …

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber tends to rupture instead of pullout in a cementitious matrix due
to the strong chemical bonding to cement hydrates and the slip-hardening response during …

A systematic study of the basic mechanical properties of ultra-high ductility cementitous
composites (UHDCC), including the compressive, tensile and shear properties from normal …