Effects of Fibres on Improvement the Cracking in Concrete Slabs

Abstract

The behaviour of concrete elements under loads, hydrated process and several conditions is one of the actually problems on improvement of structures or elements of structures. In this paper we analyze the problem of cracking, such a result of loading and hardening process of concrete. One of the way for improvement is using the polypropylene fibres , and creating the composite materials In this case of studies we used experimental examinations of concrete slab, such a model, for - slab (referent model) - slab with different percent of fibres The most of comparing results are on comparing the effect of fibres in improvement of energy capacity of concrete elements, and following the crack situation, or decreasing the dimensions of cracks. One of the most important value based on the behavior of the structure is ductility. The ductility is a structural design requirement in most design codes. The traditional definition of ductility cannot be applied to composite structures, but will be analyzed on the increasing the dissipations of energy. Several methods are used on the analyzing of this problem and propose to calculate the absorption the energy in concrete slab and to analyze the positions of cracks.