Table Of ContentFibre Reinforced
Cement and Concrete
Other RILEM publications on Fiber Composites
High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites
Edited by H.W. Reinhardt and A.E. Naaman
Advanced composites and the fundamental understanding of their behaviour is a rapidly expanding
area of civil engineering. These materials can be designed to have outstanding combinations of
strength (five-to ten-times that of conventional concrete) and energy absorption capacity (up to
1000-times that of plain concrete). Exciting engineering applications are therefore being developed
to take advantage of these properties for blast resistant, earthquake resistant and offshore
structures, and also for building components such as cladding, pipes, tile s and roofing.
This book provides a compendium of the most recent research advances and reviews presented
at an international workshop held under the auspices of RILEM and the American Concrete
Institute in Mainz, Germany in June 1991. It includes over 40 contributions from the leading
international specialists and researchers from USA, Europe, Japan and elsewhere and is an
essential reference for engineers and researchers who need to be at the forefront of developments
in cement composites.
Among the materials discussed are composites containing steel, polypropylene, polyacryonitrile,
carbon, glass and cellulose fibres. SIFCON is extensively covered. The other main topics
considered are: technologies of production; composite optimization; mechanical fractur e and
interface properties; modelling; structural applications and implications.
RILEM Proceedings 15, Published 1992, 584 pages, ISBN 0 419 39270 4
Vegetable Plants and their Fibres as Building Materials
Edited by H.S. Sobral
In many parts of the world the use of vegetable plants and their fibres as building materials i s vital
for low-cost housing and other construction, for reinforcing cement-based and concrete products,
for soil stabilization and many other applications. However, great technical ingenuity i s needed to
develop appropriate fabrication techniques and to overcome some of the inherent problems of the
materials, such as their poor durability.
This volume brings together a wealth of information and experience on successful applications of
plants and fibres. It forms the Proceedings of the Second International RILEM Symposium on
Vegetable Plants and their Fibres as Building Materials held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in
September 1990. It will be of value to those involved in research and use of indigenous fibre
materials and to architects, consultants, government departments and development agencies
responsible for building programmes throughout the developing world. The objectives of th e
Symposium were:
* To examine the state-of-the-art in the field of vegetable plants and their fibres a s building
materials, emphasizing their use, properties, fabrication, new procedures and future
developments.
* To make available research results on new techniques for fibre reinforcement and their use
in concrete, stabilized clay and other matrices.
* To analyse procedures to make vegetable fibres and wood the usual building materials in
developing countries.
RILEM Proceedings 7, Published 1990, 392 pages, ISBN 0 412 39250 X
A full list of RILEM publications available from E & F N Spon is given at the back of the book.
Fibre Reinforced
Cement and
Concrete
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium held by
RILEM (The International Union of Testing and Research
Laboratories for Materials and Structures) and organized by
the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
University of Sheffield, UK.
Sheffield
July 20-23, 1992
EDITED BY
R. N. Swamy
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Contents
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Preface
PART ONE KEYNOTE PAPERS 1
1 Fibre reinforced concrete - where do we go from here? 3
B. I. G. BARR
University of Wales College of Cardiff, UK
2 Performance driven design of fiber reinforced cementitious
composites 12
V. C. LI
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3 "From forest to factory to fabrication" 31
R. S. P. COUTTS
Division of Forest Products, CSIRO, Clayton, Australia
PART TWO NEW FIBRES, FABRICATION,
EARLY AGE AND STRENGTH PROPERTIES 49
4 Comparison of fundamental properties of concrete using
new- and old-type steel fibre 51
K. KOHNO, J. SUDA, and K. MIYAZAKI
University of Tokushima, Japan
N. KAKIMI and M. SUZUKI
Igeta Steel Sheet Co., Ltd, Sakai, Japan
5 Microwave processing of fibre reinforced cement
composites 61
J. PERA, J. AMBROISE and M. FARHA
INSALyon, Villeurbanne, France
6 Workability and durability of steel fiber reinforced
concrete cast with normal plasticizers 70
M. UYAN, H. YILDIRIM and A. H. ERYAMAN
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
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7 Plastic shrinkage characteristics of fibre reinforced
cement composites 82
A. KHAJURIA and P. BALAGURU
Rutgers, The State University, Piscatawy, New Jersey, USA
8 Free and restrained shrinkage of fibre reinforced concrete
with low polypropylene fibre content at early age 91
K. KOVLER, J. SIKULER and A. BENTUR
National Building Research Institute, Technion, Israel
9 Fibre effect on cracking of concrete due to shrinkage 102
H. M. S. ABDUL-WAHAB and H. K. AHMAD
University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
10 Properties of GFRC mortars with different pozzolanic
additives 114
J. MADEJ
Beton Vuis Ltd, Bratislava, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
11 Influence of fibre parameters on compressive deformation
of steel fibre reinforced cements 126
A. E. S. ABDUL-MONEM and R. S. BAGGOTT
University of Salfbrd, UK
12 Compressive strength and modulus of high early strength
fiber reinforced concrete 138
F. M. ALKHAIRI and A. E. NAAMAN
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
13 Flexural testing of steel fibre reinforced refractory
concrete at elevated temperatures 153
P. J. ROBINS and S. A. AUSTIN
University of Loughborough, UK
14 Creep predictions for fiber reinforced composites
by theoretical methods 166
C. H. YOUNG
National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC
J. C. CHERN
National Taiwan University, Taiper, Taiwan, ROC
15 Flexural strength of steel wool reinforced mortar 178
J. R. AL-FEEL and N. K. AL-LAYLA
Civil Engineering Department, Mosul University, Iraq
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PART THREE ENGINEERING PROPERTIES,
DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR 185
16 Characteristics of acoustic emission in steel fibre
reinforced concrete 187
YUE CHONGNIAN and DAI WENBING
Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering, China
17 Crack development in plain and steel fibre concrete due to
an expanding steel bar 199
A. T. MOCZKO
Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
D. H. DALHUISEN and P. STROEVEN
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
18 The development of an instrumented impact testing
apparatus 209
H. MAHJOUB-MOGHADDAS, N. J. S. SHORT and
B. I. G. BARR
University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
19 Permeability and resistance to impact and abrasion of
polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete 218
P. SOROUSHIAN and F. MIRZA
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
20 Impact shear strength of FRC materials 234
H, MAHJOUB-MOGHADDAS and B. I. G. BARR
University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
21 SIFCON subjected to shear: effect of material anisotropy
on strength and stiffness 245
J. G. M. van MIER and G. TIMMERS
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
22 Post-fatigue properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete 257
V. UKRAINCZYK and Z. RAK
University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia
23 Steel fibre reinforced dry-mix shotcrete: fibre orientation
and its effect on mechanical properties 266
H. ARMELIN
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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24 Steel fibre reinforced dry-mix shotcrete: effect of fibre
geometry on fibre rebound and mechanical properties 277
N. BANTHIA and J.-F. TROTTIER
Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
D. WOOD
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
D. BEAUPRE
Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
PART FOUR FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR 297
25 Toughness behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete 299
WEI-LING LIN
National Chiao Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan
26 Pressing of premixed GRC: influence of fiber length on
toughness 316
J. AMBROISE and J. PERA
Laboratoire des Materiaux Miniraux, INSA Lyon, France
27 Polypropylene FRC: fiber-matrix bond strength 324
J. R. L. DYCZEK and M. A. PETRI
Technical University ofMning and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland
28 Tensile properties of steel fibre reinforced concrete 343
M. P. LUONG and H. LIU
CNRS-LMS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
J. L. TRINH and T. P. TRAN
CEBTP, St Rimy Its Chevreuse, France
PART FIVE MODELLING 355
29 Optimizing the composition of polypropylene fibre
reinforced cememtitious composites 357
L. HEBDA, L. RUDZINSKI and B. TURLEJ
Kielce University of Technology, Poland
30 Modelization of the tensile stress-strain curve of
glassfibre reinforced cements 366
M. L. SANCHEZ PARADELA
Faculty of Architecture of Madrid, Spain
V. SANCHEZ GALVEZ
Civil Engineering School of Madrid, Spain
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31 Energy dissipation during steel fibre pull-out 380
G. CHANVILLARD
ENTPE, Vaulx en Velin Cedex, France
32 Deformed steel fibre pull-out mechanics: influence of
steel properties 390
M. R. KRISHNADEV, S. BERRADA, N. BANTHIA and
J.-F. FORTIER
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
33 Micromechanics of fiber effect on the uniaxial
compressive strength of cementious composites 400
V. C. LI and D. K. MISHRA
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
34 A theoretical model of hybrid fibre reinforced concrete 415
YUE CHANGNIAN and CHEN YAOLIONG
Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering, China
35 Finite element application of a constitutive model for fiber
reinforced concrete/mortar 423
D. LIU and D. J. STEVENS
Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA
36 Non-linear finite element analysis of steel fibre reinforced
concrete members 435
S. A. AL-TAAN and N. A. EZZADEEN
Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq
37 Shear response of reinforced fibrous concrete beams using
finite element analysis 447
K. MURUGAPPAN, P. PARAMASIVAM and K. H. TAN
National University of Singapore
PART SIX STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR 465
38 Ultimate flexural strength of reinforced concrete beams with
large volumes of short randomly oriented steel fibres 467
H. I. AHMED and R. P. PAMA
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
39 Polypropylene fibre concrete beams in flexure 486
S. GHOSH and A. ROY
Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
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