Aspects of Testing and Material Properties of Fiber Concrete

Abstract:

Concrete is typical composite material and its properties can be very variable. Material properties are also influenced with the technology of processing, manufacturing and treatment after concreting. Reinforcement in form of fibers is often added for improving tensile strength. This paper deals with specific testing of fibre concrete. Test results of series of specimens are presented for selected transport concrete composition, which is reinforced with amount of fibers 25, 50, 75 kg / m³. Fibers were added directly into the into the concrete mixer in the factory. Each series includes more than 25 test samples. The tests include the compressive strength of a cube and cylindrical, testing of modulus of elasticity, and the split tensile strength in the direction perpendicular to and parallel to the filling. Within the research project also a few types of bending tests were performed. Four variants of bending test that vary in span of 500 or 600 mm, samples with and without a notch, and in a three- / four-point configuration. As a summary, broader evaluation and functional dependencies are derived.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 292)
• Pages: 9-14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.292.9
• Online since: June 2019
• Authors: Oldrich Sucharda*, Vlastimil Bilek
• Keywords: Concrete, Fiber Concrete, Material Properties, Tensile Strength, Testing

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