Title:
Instantaneous Crack Width Calculation for Steel Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Flexural Members
Author(s):
Ali Amin and R. Ian Gilbert
Publication:
Structural Journal
Volume:
115
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
535-543
Keywords:
crack width; serviceability; steel fiber; tension chord model; tension stiffening
DOI:
10.14359/51701116
Date:
3/1/2018
Abstract:
A rational and simple method is presented in this paper to determine instantaneous crack widths of steel fiber-reinforced concrete members subjected to flexure. By adding fibers to concrete, the postcracking stiffness of a concrete structure can increase significantly. The model builds upon previous work conducted by the authors by considering the beneficial effect of the fibers across a crack to the tension stiffening relationship of steel fiber-reinforced concrete. The model reported herein is shown to give reliable predictions of reported experimental values.
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