Effect of steel fibers on plastic shrinkage cracking of normal and high strength concretes

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dc.contributor.author	Eren, Özgür
dc.contributor.author	Marar, Khaled
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-12T19:10:31Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-12T19:10:31Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-14392010000200004
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11129/3033
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dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	ABM	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	10.1590/S1516-14392010000200004	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess	en_US
dc.subject	plastic shrinkage, bleeding, cracks	en_US
dc.subject	high strength concrete, fiber reinforced concrete,	en_US
dc.subject	High strength concrete, MATERIALS SCIENCE,	en_US
dc.title	Effect of steel fibers on plastic shrinkage cracking of normal and high strength concretes	en_US
dc.type	article	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Materials Research	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.volume	13	en_US
dc.identifier.issue	2	en_US
dc.identifier.startpage	135	en_US
dc.identifier.endpage	141	en_US