Research on different types of fiber reinforced concrete in recent years: An overview

C Zhao, Z Wang, Z Zhu, Q Guo, X Wu, R Zhao - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) has received much attention in civil engineering in recent
years, mainly due to it improves the weak tensile strength and shrinkage cracks of concrete …

Review on different testing methods and factors affecting fracture properties of fiber reinforced cementitious composites

C **e, M Cao, M Khan, H Yin, J Guan - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Fiber reinforced cementitious composites (FRCC) have been widely used in the field of civil
engineering in terms of high-performance building material. The fracture mechanics has …

Investigation of the macro performance, mechanism, and durability of multiscale steel fiber reinforced low-carbon ecological UHPC

K Cui, K Liang, J Chang, D Lau - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
China proposes a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060; reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and capturing and using carbon dioxide has become a research focus. As …

Assessment of fiber factor for the fracture toughness of polyethylene fiber reinforced geopolymer

N Zhang, C Yan, L Li, M Khan - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of polyethylene fiber and water-binder ratio on the fracture properties of high
toughness geopolymer is studied in this paper. Polyethylene fibers with 6 vol fractions (0 …

Effect of using available GGBFS, silica fume, quartz powder and steel fibres on the fracture behavior of sustainable reactive powder concrete

P Kathirvel, G Murali - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is a relatively new composite concrete material
type. The development of RPC aims to achieve a microstructural improvement primarily …

Experimental investigation on the flexural behavior of steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber reinforced concrete

B Li, Y Chi, L Xu, Y Shi, C Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study on the flexural behavior of steel-polypropylene
hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC) using four-point bending tests on 51 samples. Three …

A review on concrete fracture energy and effective parameters

S Khalilpour, E BaniAsad, M Dehestani - Cement and Concrete research, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a discussion on the subject of fracture energy of concrete and effective
parameters. Therefore, it serves as an overview of the available approaches in determining …

Experimental investigation on fracture characteristics of plain and rubberized concrete containing hybrid steel-polypropylene fiber

EAH Alwesabi, BHA Bakar, IMH Alshaikh, AM Zeyad… - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, the researchers' endeavors focus on the incorporation of recycled waste tires from
worn-out tires, such as tires-rubber particles in the concrete mix, which contributes to solving …

Cracking behaviour and constitutive modelling of hybrid fibre reinforced concrete

M Khan, M Cao, M Ali - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Cracking is a multi-level process that damages the concrete structure or cement-based
material. Nowadays, multi-scale hybrid fibres can be utilized in concrete to get more …

Experimental study on engineering properties of concrete reinforced with hybrid recycled tyre steel and polypropylene fibres

H Zhong, M Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycled tyre steel fibre (RTSF) is considered as a potential and sustainable alternative to
manufactured steel fibre (MSF), while RTSF resulted in lower energy absorption capacity …