Steel fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete : from the material characterization to the structural analysis

Abstract

Steel fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete (SFRSCC) is a relatively recent material that combines the benefits of a self-consolidated material with those derived from adding fibers to a cement based material, resulting a composite material that can be used in several structural applications with technical and economic advantages, when compared to traditional reinforcement solutions. The present paper summarizes the main achievements obtained in research programs carried out at the Department of Civil Engineering of Minho University, within the ambit of SFRSCC technology. The covered topics are: mix design; fiber pullout; age influence on the compression and flexural behavior; modeling the monotonic and cyclic compression behavior; flexural and punching resistance of prototypes and full scale panels; material nonlinear analysis under the framework of FEM.