Deformational Behavior of Reinforced Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams in Bending
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 118, Issue 10
Abstract
An experimental study aimed at understanding the deformational behavior of conventionally reinforced steel fiber concrete beams in pure bending is reported in this paper. One group of beams has steel fibers dispersed in the entire volume of the beam and the second has fibers dispersed over half the depth of the beam on the tension side. A comparative study of the deformational characteristics of these beams has been made. Half‐depth fiber inclusion, requiring only half the quantity of fibers of full‐depth inclusion, is found to be equally effective in improving the deformational behavior of beams. Thus, by such modes of inclusion of fibers, an economical and efficient use of expensive steel fibers can be realized.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 118 • Issue 10 • October 1992
Pages: 2691 - 2698
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Copyright © 1992 ASCE.
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Published online: Oct 1, 1992
Published in print: Oct 1992
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