High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling

This paper reports on the results of X-ray imaging of steel fibre reinforced concrete in tension. The observations on fundamental behaviour and influences in the development of models for structural design are discussed. It is observed that crack paths find ways of least resistance through a section...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Foster, S., Htut, Trevor, Ng, T.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60637
_version_ 1848760622386249728
author Foster, S.
Htut, Trevor
Ng, T.
author_facet Foster, S.
Htut, Trevor
Ng, T.
author_sort Foster, S.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This paper reports on the results of X-ray imaging of steel fibre reinforced concrete in tension. The observations on fundamental behaviour and influences in the development of models for structural design are discussed. It is observed that crack paths find ways of least resistance through a section and divert around fibre ends, where possible. In large scale structural members where crack locations are not fixed by either geometry or load state, variability in fibre dispersion should be considered at the model level, rather than incorporated in materials or member safety factors. Based on image analysis, the fibre dispersion influence factor is quantified for the case where multiple cracking paths may occur.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T10:18:42Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-60637
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T10:18:42Z
publishDate 2013
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-606372018-08-20T03:15:05Z High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling Foster, S. Htut, Trevor Ng, T. This paper reports on the results of X-ray imaging of steel fibre reinforced concrete in tension. The observations on fundamental behaviour and influences in the development of models for structural design are discussed. It is observed that crack paths find ways of least resistance through a section and divert around fibre ends, where possible. In large scale structural members where crack locations are not fixed by either geometry or load state, variability in fibre dispersion should be considered at the model level, rather than incorporated in materials or member safety factors. Based on image analysis, the fibre dispersion influence factor is quantified for the case where multiple cracking paths may occur. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60637 restricted
spellingShingle Foster, S.
Htut, Trevor
Ng, T.
High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling
title High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling
title_full High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling
title_fullStr High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling
title_full_unstemmed High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling
title_short High performance fibre reinforced concrete: Fundamental behaviour and modelling
title_sort high performance fibre reinforced concrete: fundamental behaviour and modelling
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60637