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Geosynthetics
Geosynthetics is the general term of composite materials in the civil engineering. As a new type of civil engineering materials, synthetic polymers such as plastics, chemical fibers, and synthetic rubbers are use...
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Modified Asphalt and Material Requirements for SMA
With the increasing traffic volume, the proportion of large-scale vehicles and overloaded vehicles is increasing. So the traffic demand for pavement is more and more increasing. The choice of materials in the ...
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Functional Layer Materials of and Preventive Maintenance Materials of Pavement
The functional layer of pavement is regarded as an unstructured layer in the mechanics model of pavement. Its thickness is not calculated in the pavement structure. It plays a specific role in the pavement str...
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Introduction to Composite Materials
With the vigorous development of highway, more strict requirements have been put forward on the material performance. It is difficult for traditional single material to meet the comprehensive performance requi...
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Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) is a composite material that the steel fiber is evenly mixed with ordinary concrete. The steel fiber reinforced concrete is regarded as a kind of fiber strengthening syst...
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Polymer Matrix Composites
Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC) are one kind of the earliest developed, most widely studied and used composite materials nowadays. PMC are usually classified by two ways. One is divided into thermosetting resi...