High-performance fiber-reinforced concrete: a review

V Afroughsabet, L Biolzi, T Ozbakkaloglu - Journal of materials science, 2016 - Springer
In recent years, an emerging technology termed,“High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced
Concrete (HPFRC)” has become popular in the construction industry. The materials used in …

Lightweight aggregate concrete fiber reinforcement–A review

M Hassanpour, P Shafigh, HB Mahmud - Construction and Building …, 2012 - Elsevier
The higher brittleness and lower mechanical properties of lightweight aggregate concrete
(LWAC) compared to normal weight concrete (NWC) at the same compressive strength has …

Mechanical properties of high-strength steel fiber-reinforced concrete

PS Song, S Hwang - Construction and Building Materials, 2004 - Elsevier
The marked brittleness with low tensile strength and strain capacities of high-strength
concrete (HSC) can be overcome by the addition of steel fibers. This paper investigated the …

Prediction and modeling of mechanical properties in fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete using particle swarm optimization algorithm and artificial neural network

H Mashhadban, SS Kutanaei… - Construction and Building …, 2016 - Elsevier
Intelligence system is a field of computer science that designs and studies efficient
computational methods for solving problem. The purpose of present study is to investigate …

Utilization of waste marble dust as an additive in cement production

HY Aruntaş, M Gürü, M Dayı, I Tekin - Materials & Design, 2010 - Elsevier
In this experimental study, the usability of waste marble dust (WMD) as an additive material
in blended cement has been investigated. For this purpose, waste marble dust added …

Coupling effects of silica fume and steel-fiber on the compressive behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete after exposure to elevated temperature

J Xie, Z Zhang, Z Lu, M Sun - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of recycled concrete aggregates in structural concrete is a sustainable solution to
deal with the construction and demolition waste. This technology reduces serious impact on …

Properties of steel fiber reinforced fly ash concrete

CD Atiş, O Karahan - Construction and Building Materials, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reports on a comprehensive study on the properties of concrete containing fly
ash and steel fibers. Properties studied include unit weight and workability of fresh concrete …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of recycled polypropylene fibers as an addition to concrete fabrication based on portland cement

M Małek, M Jackowski, W Łasica, M Kadela - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
High-performance concrete has low tensile strength and brittle failure. In order to improve
these properties of unreinforced concrete, the effects of adding recycled polypropylene …

The influences of matrix and steel fibre tensile strengths on the fracture energy of high-strength concrete

Y Şahin, F Köksal - Construction and Building Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
This research discusses the effects of both steel fibre and matrix strengths on fracture energy
of high-strength concrete. The variables of experimental study were water/cement ratio, steel …

Optimisation of steel fibre reinforced concretes by means of statistical response surface method

F Bayramov, C Taşdemir, MA Taşdemir - Cement and concrete composites, 2004 - Elsevier
The objective of this research is to optimise the fracture parameters of steel fibre reinforced
concretes to obtain a more ductile behaviour than that of plain concrete. The effects of the …