Steel fibers and their aspect ratios are important parameters that have significant influence
on the mechanical properties of ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) …

The flexural behavior of an ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) was investigated
through the testing and related analysis of a full-scale prestressed I-girder. A 28 ksi (193 …

Recent advances in the next generation of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) have led to a new
class of concrete known as ultra-high-performance FRC (UHP-FRC), which exhibits very …

A persistent rise in the costs of construction materials has led to the need to address this
problem in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. This research employed vegetal …

Over the last ten years, developing Ultra-High Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
(UHP-FRC) composites has mostly focused on achieving tensile strain capacities far …

The maximum post-cracking tensile strength (σ pc) recorded in numerous investigations of
ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC) remains mostly below 15 MPa …

Testing of concrete panels subjected to pure in-plane shear loading is necessary to
elucidate the shear behavior of concrete. However, available data for predicting the shear …

The increase of tensile strength and improvement of toughness stand as the most
remarkable advantages promoting the exploitation of Ultra High Strength Concrete (UHPC) …

July–August 2015| PCI Journal 86 expression was derived by adding the incremental shear
force (the first term of ACI 318-14 Eq.[22.5. 8.3. 1a]). For the webshear cracking strength, the …

Precast, prestressed concrete has long been used in bridge construction. The production of
prestressed concrete members involves the use of special prestressing equipment, requiring …