Harvinder Singh ... 172 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (October, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 9811025061 - ISBN-13: 978-9811025068 ...
This book discusses design aspects of steel fiber-reinforced concrete
(SFRC) members, including the behavior of the SFRC and its modeling. It
also examines the effect of various parameters governing the response of
SFRC members in detail. Unlike other publications available in the form
of guidelines, which mainly describe design methods based on
experimental results, it describes the basic concepts and principles of
designing structural members using SFRC as a structural material,
predominantly subjected to flexure and shear. Although applications to
special structures, such as bridges, retaining walls, tanks and silos
are not specifically covered, the fundamental design concepts remain the
same and can easily be extended to these elements. It introduces the
principles and related theories for predicting the role of steel fibers
in reinforcing concrete members concisely and logically, and presents
various material models to predict the response of SFRC members in
detail. These are then gradually extended to develop an analytical
flexural model for the analysis and design of SFRC members. The lack of
such a discussion is a major hindrance to the adoption of SFRC as a
structural material in routine design practice. This book helps users
appraise the role of fiber as reinforcement in concrete members used
alone and/or along with conventional rebars. Applications to singly and
doubly reinforced beams and slabs are illustrated with examples, using
both SFRC and conventional reinforced concrete as a structural material.
The influence of the addition of steel fibers on various mechanical
properties of the SFRC members is discussed in detail, which is
invaluable in helping designers and engineers create optimum designs.
Lastly, it describes the generally accepted methods for specifying the
steel fibers at the site along with the SFRC mixing methods, storage and
transport and explains in detail methods to validate the adopted
design. This book is useful to practicing engineers, researchers, and
students.