The impact of the reinforcement percentage on the stress-strain state of the bending steel fiber reinforced concrete elements

Abstract

The use of concrete with traditional reinforcement pose the problem of finding ways to increase the crack resistance, impact strength, frost resistance and other characteristics, which in turn depend on the strength properties of the material. One of the solution is the use of dispersion reinforced concrete steel fiber concrete (with short steel fibers of 30-50mm). The combination of rigid fibers with significant strength reserves and the concrete could increase the crack resistance of the matrix and other strength characteristics. The paper presents the results of theoretical studies of the reinforcement percentage effect on the stress-strain state of the rectangular cross-section elements of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) in bending from at repeated loads with levels of application η = 0.5 and η = 0.7 . It is found that the limit deformations of the SFRC cross-section in bending is recommended to calculate using a polynomial function, which gives the greatest convergence between the true values and approximations in comparison with the logarithmic and exponential functions.

Contribution of Steel Fibers on Ductility of Confined Concrete Columns

“…These fibers have the potential to increase the tensile strength of concrete [20], as well as increase the flexural strength of concrete [21]. In addition, steel fiber is superior in crack propagation resistance and provides increased post-crack ductility due to its brittleness [22][23][24], it can even increase failure load [25] by 20 percent, increase stiffness by 3.4-11 times during loading and increase crack resistance about 2.6 times.…”