Optimal Design of Structures Made of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Abstract:

Fiber reinforced concrete is composite material containing fibrous material which increases its structural integrity. It contains short discrete fibers that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented. This paper deals with a comparison of both models made of reinforced concrete and fiber reinforced concrete as well as their optimization. The problem was modeled in ANSYS program. Some results of optimal design are presented at the end of this paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 769)
• Pages: 326-330
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.769.326
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Michal Holko*, Jozef Dicky
• Keywords: Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Finite Element Method (FEM), Optimization

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