Fig. 1. Uniaxial tensile behavior of UHD composite
Fig. 2. Stress and strain curves of materials for flexural analysis: (a) full scale, (b) compressive behavior, and (c) tensile behavior
Fig. 3. Sectional view of beams: (a) R-C, (b) R-C+UHD composite, (c) R-UHD composite, and (d) UHD composite(no bar)
Fig. 4. Moment and curvature curves
Fig. 5. Neutral axis
Table 1. Properties of slag
Table 2. Properties of fiber
Table 3. Mixture proportion
Table 4. Flexural strength, strain, and neutral axis predicted by analysis
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