Science – Future of Lithuania / Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis, Vol 1, No 5 (2009)

Crack Width Analysis of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Elements

Darius Ulbinas
Gintaris Kaklauskas

Abstract


The article investigates the effectiveness of steel fiber reinforcement in RC concrete members in regard to ordinary reinforcement. The advantages and disadvantages of different shapes of steel fibers are discussed. The algorithm for calculating crack width based on EC2 and Rilem methodologies is presented. A comparison of theoretical and experimental crack widths has been performed. The relative errors of crack width predictions at different load levels were defined.

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Article in: English

Article published: 2011-04-13

Keyword(s): steel fiber; crack width; concrete; flexural element; relative error

DOI: 10.3846/mla.2009.5.11

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