Abstract
The strength and fracture properties of random asbestos fibre-reinforced cement mortar composites are reported in this paper. The fibre content varies between 5% and 20% by weight. Both the ultimate tensile strength (σ t) and the modulus of rupture (σ b) increase with increasing fibre-volume fraction. These results are shown to agree satisfactorily with the law of mixtures modified for randomly oriented short fibre-reinforced composites. The critical stress intensity factor (K c) and the specific work of fracture (R) have been determined using three-point bend edge-notched beams and grooved double-cantilever-beam (DCB) specimens. There is generally good agreement between these two physical quantities estimated from the two testpiece geometries. It is shown that the fibre pull-out mechanism is dominant in the fracture of asbestos cements and that the specific work of fracture can be reasonably well predicted by considering the energies absorbed in both the pull-out and the fibre/matrix interfacial debonding processes.
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