Mechanism of PVA fibers in mitigating explosive spalling of engineered cementitious composite at elevated temperature

• Main Authors: Liu, Jin-Cheng, Tan, Kang Hai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; ECC; High Temperature
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139834
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers have been found effective in preventing explosive spalling of engineered cementitious composite (ECC) under fire loading. However, the fundamental mechanism of minimizing the spalling risk by adding PVA fibers remains unclear. Thus, this paper addresses the mode of act...