Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) varied with mixture proportion was preparated with normal engineering materials in our area, tensile performance of dumbbell specimens under uniaxial tensile load was experimentally investigated in this paper, and tensile stress versus strain curves as well as crack development of SHCC with different mixture proportion were obtained. The results showed that all specimens had strain-hardening and multiple-cracking characteristics obviously, among them, ultimate tensile strain of No.A and C series could exceed 3%. SHCC with excellent stable tensile performance was preparated based on normal river sand but not quartz sand, which can reduce project cost and promote the application and development of SHCC in practical engineering.

Based on the previous test, SHCC (Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite) with the best fluidity was got through flow test, the different stress-strain full curves of SHCC were obtained by uniaxial tensile test on three dumbbell-shape specimens of SHCC with each group according to different diameter sand and different ages; and crack development was observed during test. The experimental results show that: The finer the sand sizes, the better the strain-hardening performance and more microcrack of SHCC that can be obtained; obvious strain-hardening characteristics of the specimens at different ages are all occured and the ultimate tensile strain can reach or even more than 3%. The crack spacing of various specimens are different, that is to say, there is difference in cracking characteristics among specimens at different ages. The experimental and analytical conclusion can provide a lot of theoretical bases for the research on performances of SHCC.