Suitability of locally manufactured galvanized iron (GI) wire fiber as reinforcing fiber in brick chip concrete

A case study has been conducted in order to improve concrete quality in Bangladesh, using fiber reinforcing techniques with locally available low-cost Galvanized Iron (GI) wire fibers. GI wire is in fact mild steel wire with a thin coating of zinc. In order to assess the suitability of GI wire fiber...

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Main Authors: Md. Abul Bashar Emon, Tanvir Manzur, Md. Salehin Sharif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Case Studies in Construction Materials
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221450951630078X