Cyclic behaviour of textile-reinforced cementitious matrix composites (TRC) using distributed fibre optic sensors technology

This paper presents an experimental study on the local and global mechanical behaviours of textile-reinforced cementitious matrix composites (TRCs) subjected to cyclic loading. Two configurations are tested: TRCs with one and two layers. These composites were tested under three different loading modes: monotonic loading until failure, cyclic loading in the pre-cracking stage, and cyclic loading in the crack propagation stage with 3000 cycles....