Contribution for use of steel fiber reinforced concrete in restrained surface elements. / Contribuição para a aplicação do concreto reforçado com fibras de aço em elementos de superfície restringidos.

AUTOR(ES)

Nelson Lúcio Nunes

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This work presents a study for crack prediction and use of steel fibers to crack control in concrete surface elements submitted to tension stress induced by restrained shrinkage. In this study, a method was developed where a certain steel fiber type could be quantified, as function of concrete matrix shrinkage potential and maximum crack width, determined from human sensorial and durability criteria. Afterwards, an experimental program was done in order to characterize the crack potential of concrete matrices commonly used in surface elements. In this program, a method to predict tension stress induced by restrained shrinkage, at first crack moment, was tested. In the final step of this work, another experimental program was done, where steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) tracks were built, with fiber contents of 10 kg/m3, 30 kg/m3 and 60 kg/m3, over substrates with two restriction conditions: smooth surface and rough surface, with exposition of surface aggregates. Lengths and widths of the early age shrinkage cracks in the tracks were monitored. The results obtained in this program were useful to analyze the method, adjusting it with the consideration of characteristic values in prediction of tension strength. With this adjust, experimental crack width results were more compatible with 90% confidence interval for crack width values predicted by the method. With this study, the goal was the contribution to use SFRC in the control of restrained shrinkage cracks in surface elements, amplifying the knowledge border in the aspect of fiber selection and proportioning, for a determined and expected performance in terms of crack width.

ASSUNTO(S)

fibers concreto reforçado com fibras concreto fibras steel fiber reinforced concrete concrete

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