Autor(es):
Barros, Joaquim A. O.
; Sena-Cruz, José
; Delgado, Raimundo
; Costa, Aníbal
Data: 2000
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/12765
Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Descrição
In order to contribute to the on going research effort in this field, an experimental working plan with cylinder
steel fibre reinforced concrete specimens under compression cyclic loading was carried out. Sets of five
specimens were reinforced with conventional transverse reinforcement of 0, 0.57, 1.71 and 4.01 volume
percentage of specimen concrete core. To evaluate the fibre reinforcement effect, each of this specimens set was
reinforced with 0, 30, 60 and 90 kg/m3 of hooked-ends steel fibres with an aspect-ratio of 60 and a yield strength
of 1250 MPa. A total of eighty tests were carried out.
The peak stress and the initial elasticity modulus were not significantly changed by fibre reinforcement. The
strain at peak stress and the rigidity of the unloading/reloading branches were marginally increased with the
increment of the fibre content. The slope of the softening branch was decreased with the increment of fibre
content, revealing a significant increase in the energy absorption capacity. The results have pointed out that
conventional transverse reinforcement can be partially replaced by appropriate fibre content, without loss of
ductility and strength. This replacement could be favorable in zones densely reinforced with hoops and stirrups,
like beam-column joints of structures submitted to seismic action.