As a novel civil engineering material, Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) has attracted more and attention due to its strain-hardening characteristics, good post-cracking resistance unique properties. Bonding between rebar great effect on the mechanical behavior of structural members. In this paper, direct pull-out tests were conducted understand bond ECC rebar. The test parameters include...

It is well known that fibers improve the performance of cementitious composites by acting as bridging ligaments in cracks. Such bridging behavior is often studied through fiber pullout tests. The relation between the pullout force vs. slip end displacement is characteristic of the fiber-matrix interface. However, such a relation varies significantly with the fiber inclination angle. In the curr...

Excessive cracking can be a serious durability problem for reinforced concrete structures. In recent years, addition of microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) to concrete has been proposed as a possible solution to crack formation related to temperature gradients. However, the addition of PCM microcapsules to cementitious materials can have some drawbacks, mainly related to strength re...

Engineered cement-based composites exhibit excellent deformability, mechanical behavior, fresh performance and durability. However, the traditional incorporating high volume ordinary Portland cement would lead to carbon footprint. In this study, a new eco-efficient engineered was designed by Polypropylene fibers (PPF) eco-friendly with limestone calcined clay (LC3-ECCs). The LC3-ECCs were analy...

In this study, calcined zeolite particles were used as internal curing agent to replace cement and quartz sand simultaneously in Ordinary Portland Cement(OPC) based Engineered Cementitious Composites(ECC) material. The influence of the zeolite-cement replacement on mechanical performance shrinkage materials experimentally investigated. ECC specimens with water-binder ratio 0.2 content 192 kg/m3...