Steel fiber reinforced concrete: A review of its material properties and usage in tunnel lining

Structures ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 1080-1098
Author(s):  
Xiuling Wang ◽  
Feifei Fan ◽  
Jinxing Lai ◽  
Yongli Xie
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Tunnel Lining ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete

scholarly journals Application of fiber-reinforced concrete lining for fault-crossing tunnels in meizoseismal area to improving seismic performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781402094402
Author(s):  
Dong An ◽  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Linghan Meng ◽  
Guangyao Cui
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Tunnel Lining ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Hybrid Fiber ◽  
Meizoseismal Area ◽  
Secondary Lining

The fault-crossing tunnel in meizoseismal area is directly subjected to strong ground motion, which leads to the failure of the tunnel lining. In order to improve the seismic safety of tunnel, fiber-reinforced concrete is applied to tunnel lining in this article. Taking the section of Zhongyi tunnel crossing Wanlong fault as an example, seismic performance of fiber-reinforced concrete tunnel lining was studied by finite difference numerical calculation software FLAC3D. The seismic displacement, stress response, and side wall convergence of secondary lining structures which are plain concrete, steel fiber-reinforced concrete, and steel-basalt hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete were comparatively analyzed. Moreover, the safety factor of each lining structure was investigated with the present numerical model. With the obtained data, seismic performance of steel-basalt hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete secondary lining is better than that of steel fiber-reinforced concrete secondary lining. The results may provide references for seismic design of fault-crossing tunnels in meizoseismal area.

scholarly journals Flexural Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams: Probabilistic Numerical Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9591
Author(s):  
Predrag Blagojević ◽  
Nikola Blagojević ◽  
Danijel Kukaras
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Probabilistic Models ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete

One of the principle issues concerning the practical application of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) is the uncertainty related to its structural behavior, primarily caused by the partially random distribution and orientation of steel fibers in SFRC structural elements. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of how the variance of material properties of the SFRC affects the flexural behavior of SFRC beams. First, a distributed plasticity fiber finite element model of beam flexural behavior is proposed and validated. Then, probability distributions of selected material properties are defined based on existing probabilistic models and experimental results from the literature. Finally, a variance-based sensitivity analysis is performed using Sobol’ indices to identify uncertainties in material properties that contribute most to the uncertainties related to three characteristic points of a beam’s flexural behavior: first crack, yield, and collapse point. Sensitivity analysis is performed by surrogating the numerical model using polynomial chaos expansion. The variance in residual tensile strength is identified as the main contributor to the variance in the flexural behavior of an SFRC beam used in the case study.

Acoustic emission by steel fiber reinforced concrete under tensile damage

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 653-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Yan ◽  
Ge Lu ◽  
Chen Shi Jie ◽  
Zhou Li ◽  
Zhang Ting Ting
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Tensile Damage

On axial compressive behavior of steel fiber reinforced concrete confined by FRP

2021 ◽  
pp. 136943322098165
Author(s):  
Hossein Saberi ◽  
Farzad Hatami ◽  
Alireza Rahai
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Frp Confinement

In this study, the co-effects of steel fibers and FRP confinement on the concrete behavior under the axial compression load are investigated. Thus, the experimental tests were conducted on 18 steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) specimens confined by FRP. Moreover, 24 existing experimental test results of FRP-confined specimens tested under axial compression are gathered to compile a reliable database for developing a mathematical model. In the conducted experimental tests, the concrete strength was varied as 26 MPa and 32.5 MPa and the steel fiber content was varied as 0.0%, 1.5%, and 3%. The specimens were confined with one and two layers of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) sheet. The experimental test results show that simultaneously using the steel fibers and FRP confinement in concrete not only significantly increases the peak strength and ultimate strain of concrete but also solves the issue of sudden failure in the FRP-confined concrete. The simulations confirm that the results of the proposed model are in good agreement with those of experimental tests.

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