Damage analysis in steel fibre reinforced concrete under monotonic and cyclic bending by means of acoustic emission monitoring

Previous research studies have indicated that using fibres to improve crack resistance and applying expansive agent (EA) to compensate shrinkage are both effective methods to mitigate shrinkage cracking of concrete, and the additions of both fibres and EA can enhance the other performance attributes of concrete. In this study, an EA was added to fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) to produce concrete mixes with various water/binder (W/B) ratios, steel fibre (SF) contents and EA contents for testing of their workability and compressive properties. The test results showed that adding EA would slightly increase the superplasticiser (SP) demand and decrease the compressive strength, Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio, but significantly improve the toughness and specific toughness of the steel FRC produced. Such improvement in toughness may be attributed to the pre-stress of the concrete matrix and the confinement effect of the SFs due to the expansion of the concrete and the restraint of the SFs against such expansion.

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Structural performance of steel fibre reinforced concrete — Part IV. Toughness properties

International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering ◽

10.1556/irase.5.2014.2.3 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 119-125

Author(s):

I. Kovács

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Steel Fibre ◽

Fibre Orientation ◽

Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽

Fibre Reinforcement ◽

Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Flexural Toughness ◽

Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Set Up ◽

Flexural Tests

The present paper of a series deals with the experimental characterisation of flexural toughness properties of structural concrete containing different volume of hooked-end steel fibre reinforcement (75 kg/m3, 150 kg/m3). Third-point flexural tests were carried out on steel fibre reinforced concrete beams having a cross-section of 80 mm × 85 mm with the span of 765 mm, hence the shear span to depth ratio was 3. Beams were sawn out of steel fibre reinforced slab elements (see Part I) in order to take into consideration the introduced privilege fibre orientation (I and II) and the position of the beam (Ba-a, Ba-b, Ba-c) before sawing (see Part I). Flexural toughness properties were determined considering different standard specifications, namely the method of the ASTM (American Standards for Testing Materials), the process of the JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineering), and the final proposal of Banthia and Trottier for the post cracking strength. Consequently, behaviour of steel fibre reinforced concrete was examined in bending taking into consideration different experimental parameters such as fibre content, concrete mix proportions, fibre orientation, positions of test specimens in the formwork, while experimental constants were the size of specimens, the type of fibre used and the test set-up and test arrangement.

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Mechanical behaviour of thermally damaged high-strength steel fibre reinforced concrete

Materials and Structures ◽

10.1617/14175 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 38 (277) ◽

pp. 335-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

G. M. Giaccio

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Mechanical Behaviour ◽

High Strength Steel ◽

Steel Fibre ◽

High Strength ◽

Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete

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Bending Strength of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Ribbed Slab Panel

Scientific Research Journal ◽

10.24191/srj.v15i1.4165 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

AMIR SYAFIQ SAMSUDIN ◽

MOHD HISBANY MOHD HASHIM ◽

SITI HAWA HAMZAH ◽

AFIDAH ABU BAKAR

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Bending Strength ◽

Steel Fibre ◽

Concrete Slab ◽

Future Application ◽

Fibre Reinforcement ◽

Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Conventional Concrete ◽

Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Bending Load

Nowadays, demands in the application of fibre in concrete increase gradually as an engineering material. Rapid cost increment of material causes the increase in demand of new technology that provides safe, efficient and economical design for the present and future application. The introduction of ribbed slab reduces concrete materials and thus the cost, but the strength of the structure also reduces due to the reducing of material. Steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) has the ability to maintain a part of its tensile strength prior to crack in order to resist more loading compared to conventional concrete. Meanwhile, the ribbed slab can help in material reduction. This research investigated on the bending strength of 2-ribbed and 3-ribbed concrete slab with steel fibre reinforcement under static loading with a span of 1500 mm and 1000 mm x 75 mm in cross section. An amount of 40 kg/m steel fibre of all total concrete volume was used as reinforcement instead of conventional bars with concrete grade 30 N/mm2. The slab was tested under three-point bending. Load versus deflection curve was plotted to illustrate the result and to compare the deflection between control and ribbed slab. This research shows that SFRC Ribbed Slab capable to withstand the same amount of load as normal slab structure, although the concrete volume reduces up to 20%.

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Non-destructive Testing of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Slabs

2019 International Conference on Military Technologies (ICMT) ◽

10.1109/miltechs.2019.8870051 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Tereza Komarkova ◽

Patrik Stonis ◽

Petr DvoraK ◽

Petr Zarsky

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Steel Fibre ◽

Concrete Slabs ◽

Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Non Destructive Testing ◽

Destructive Testing ◽

Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽

Reinforced Concrete Slabs ◽

Non Destructive

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