Gerardo Araya-Letelier

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Any good paper about micro polypropylene fiber reinforced hollow concrete blocks for masonry applications?

I am trying to find any good paper about hollow concrete blocks reinforced with micro polypropylene fibers for masonry applications. Hopefully, development and mechanical-damage testing of the...

01 January 2019 244 3 View

I want to implement a pullout test of natural fibers embedded in adobe. Could you recommend good papers addressing this in adobe (not in concrete)?

I want to implement a pullout test of natural fibers embedded in clayey matrix (adobe). There are many papers addressing this issue with concrete. Could you recommend good papers addressing this...

07 July 2018 4,271 0 View

Is there any treatment of natural (specially, animal) fibers that mitigates bio-degradation in concrete as well as increases their roughness?

I am looking for possible (non-expensive) treatment that prevent bio-degradation of pig hair (a food industry by-product) as well increases the roughness of the pig hair to impact the flexural...

06 June 2018 8,252 7 View