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Review of Basalt-Fiber-Reinforced Cement-based Composites in China: Their Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Durability

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The research performed in China on cement-based composites reinforced with randomly 3D distributed basalt fibers is analyzed and summarized, and six possible directions of further investigations into this field are proposed.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant 2017YFC0703705).

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

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  2. Anqing Housing and Urban-rural Construction Committee, Anqing, China

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  3. Key Laboratory of Concrete and Prestressed Concrete Structures of the Ministry of Education, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

    J. X. Chen

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 155-172, January-February, 2019.

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Guo, Z.S., Hao, N., Wang, L.M. et al. Review of Basalt-Fiber-Reinforced Cement-based Composites in China: Their Dynamic Mechanical Properties and Durability. Mech Compos Mater 55, 107–120 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-019-09796-y

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