CARDIFRC® – Development and mechanical properties. Part III: Uniaxial tensile response and other mechanical properties

Part III of this three-part paper about CARDIFRC ® , a class of high performance short steel fibre-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCCs), deals with the measurement of the tensile response of CARDIFRC ® mixes on a specially developed specimen geometry and loading arrangement. It also compares the measured mechanical properties (Young's modulus, E, compressive strength, f c , tensile strength, f t , specific fracture energy, G F ) with the theoretically predicted values using micromechanical relations.