1.

Introduction
2. Bending behavior of FRCC beams
3. Parameters describing flexural behavior of FRCC
4. Experimental program
a. Materials and specimen preparation
b. Test setup and procedure
c. Test results and general discussion
d. Load carrying capacity (equivalent bending tests)
e. Energy absorption capacity (toughness)
f. Deflection characteristics
g. Strength ratio and toughness ratio
h. Comparative performance of twisted (T-) and hooked (H-) fiber in
high strength matrix
i. Comments on current ASTM standard C 1609/C 1609M-05
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References

Vitor
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and mixing procedure
2.1 Materials
2.2 Fiber types
2.3 Mixing procedure
3. Test program
3.1 Monotonic three point bending test
3.2 Cyclic tests
3.3 Structural tests
3.4 Pullout tests
4. Discussion and analyses
4.1 Flexural test results
4.2 Cyclic tests
4.3 Structural tests
5. Conclusions
References

Letícia
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and processing
2.1 Curauá fibers
2.2 Matrix
2.3 Composites manufacturing
3. Testing methods
3.1 Mechanical performance
3.2 Crack spacing measurements
3.3 Digital image correlation (DIC)
 3.4 Short-time creep behavior
4. Results and discussion
4.1 Bending performance
4.2 Tensile performance
4.3 Cracking pattern analyzed with DIC
4.4 Short-time creep behavior
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References