TY - GEN
T1 - Recent research on self-consolidating steel fiber-reinforced concrete
AU - Shah, Surendra P.
AU - Ferrara, Liberato
AU - Kwon, Seung Hee
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The synergy between self-consolidating concrete (SCC) and steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) technologies may yield, besides the well known and assessed characteristics of each single technology, several interesting peculiar advantages that can be fruitfully exploited by the construction industry, mainly in the field of precast construction. Better controlled fiber dispersion, improved fiber-matrix bond, and enhanced durability due to the higher compactness of the SCC matrix are among the most relevant issues to which the largest part of research efforts were dedicated in the very last decade. The robustness of self-consolidating steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SCSFRC), which relies on sound mix-design methodology and on effective dedicated quality control procedures, has been demonstrated to be crucial in order to achieve the above recalled advantages. This paper summarizes the most significant results of the research activity carried out by the authors in this field, furthermore underlying the outcomes with reference to structural applications.
AB - The synergy between self-consolidating concrete (SCC) and steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) technologies may yield, besides the well known and assessed characteristics of each single technology, several interesting peculiar advantages that can be fruitfully exploited by the construction industry, mainly in the field of precast construction. Better controlled fiber dispersion, improved fiber-matrix bond, and enhanced durability due to the higher compactness of the SCC matrix are among the most relevant issues to which the largest part of research efforts were dedicated in the very last decade. The robustness of self-consolidating steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SCSFRC), which relies on sound mix-design methodology and on effective dedicated quality control procedures, has been demonstrated to be crucial in order to achieve the above recalled advantages. This paper summarizes the most significant results of the research activity carried out by the authors in this field, furthermore underlying the outcomes with reference to structural applications.
KW - Drying shrinkage
KW - Fiber dispersion
KW - Fiber-reinforced concrete
KW - Flexural toughness
KW - Mix-design
KW - Self-consolidating concrete
KW - Steel quality control
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952368609
SN - 9780870313905
T3 - American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication
SP - 109
EP - 133
BT - Antoine E. Naaman Symposium - Four Decades of Progress in Prestressed Concrete, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, and Thin Laminate Composites
T2 - ACI Spring 2008 Convention
Y2 - 30 March 2008 through 3 April 2008
ER -