The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50808043);the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2009CB623200);Foundation of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials,Program for Special Talents in Six Fields of Jiangsu Province(No. 2011-JZ-010)
An engineered cementitious composite (ECC) is introduced to partially substitute concrete in the tension zone of a reinforced concrete beam to form an ECC/reinforced concrete (RC) composite beam, which can increas...