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| Title: | Effect of steel fibers on plastic shrinkage cracking of normal and high strength concretes |
| Authors: | Eren, Özgür
Marar, Khaled
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Keywords: | plastic shrinkage, bleeding, cracks
high strength concrete, fiber reinforced concrete,
High strength concrete, MATERIALS SCIENCE, |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | ABM |
| Abstract: | Naturally concrete shrinks when it is subjected to a drying environment. If this shrinkage is restrained, tensile stresses develop and concrete may crack. Plastic shrinkage cracks are especially harmful on slabs. One of the methods to reduce the adverse effects of shrinkage cracking of concrete is by reinforcing concrete with short randomly distributed fibers. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of fiber volume and aspect ratio of hooked steel fibers on plastic shrinkage cracking behavior together with some other properties of concrete. In this research two different compressive strength levels namely 56 and 73 MPa were studied. Concretes were produced by adding steel fibers of 3 different volumes of 3 different aspect ratios. From this research study, it is observed that steel fibers can significantly reduce plastic shrinkage cracking behavior of concretes. On the other hand, it was observed that these steel fibers can adversely affect some other properties of concrete during fresh and hardened states. |
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| URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-14392010000200004
http://hdl.handle.net/11129/3033 |
| Appears in Collections: | CE – Journal Articles: Publisher & Author Versions (Post-Print Author Versions) – Civil Engineering
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