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3R-08
Guide for Specifying, Proportioning, and
Production of Fibre-Reinforced COncrete
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Contents
FRC =
Hydraulic Cements
+ Water
+ Fine aggregate
+ Coarse aggregate
+ Discontinuous fibres
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Fibres
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Fibres
Dia = 0.5 - 1 mm
SG = 7.85
Use = 0.2 - 1% by volume of concrete
(15 – 78 kg/m3 of concrete)
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Fibres
Dispersible Fibres
Integral Strands
(Microfibres) (Macrofibres)
0.01 – 0.03 % 0.09 – 0.17 %
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Fibres
Microsynthetic Macrosynthetic
Dia < 0.3 mm Dia > 0.3 mm
0.05 – 0.2 % 0.2% - 1%
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Fibres
Sugarcane Wheat-
Coconut
Bagasse straw
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Scope:
• Steel
• Glass
• Synthetic
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Specifying FRC:
• Conventional concrete: specified by fc’
• FRC: Generally
• strength (compressive or flexural)
• Fibre Type (material)
• Content (Dosage or percent by volume)
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Specifying FRC:
• For performance specification, specify
• Strength (Compressive or flexural)
• Flexural performance parameters
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope
Specifying FRC:
For slabs-on-ground, flexural strength (MOR) is specified
(3.4 – 5.5 Mpa)
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Chapter 2: Notation and Definitions
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Chapter 3: Materials
Steel Fibres:
• Types of Steel Fibres (ASTM A820)
• Strength: up to 2000 Mpa
Synthetic Fibres:
• Types (ASTM C1116)
AR Glass Fibres
• Length = 13 – 38 mm
• Minimum strength: 1 GPa
Can go up to 1.7 Gpa
Hybrid Fibres: Individual fibres to be specified (Ratio of blends to be specified)
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Chapter 4: Mixture Proportioning
Slump:
Minimum: 1inch
Maximum: 7 inch
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Chapter 4: Mixture Proportioning
Proportioning Methods:
For low to moderate dosages, no changes are necessary to the
conventional concrete mixture proportions
Usually, less than 0.25%, No changes are required.
Steel FRC:
Less than 0.33%, no changes required
Admixtures are often required to maintain workability.
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Chapter 4: Mixture Proportioning
Fiber content beyond 0.33%,
Increase the fine/coarse aggregate ratio
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Chapter 4: Mixture Proportioning
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Chapter 4: Maximum Size of Coarse Aggregate
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Chapter 4: GFRC proportioning
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Chapter 4: Microsynthetic FRC
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Chapter 4: Macrosynthetic FRC
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Chapter 4: Hybrid FRC
• No specific recommendations
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Chapter 5: Fibers in RCC
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Chapter:6 Mixing
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Chapter:6 Mixing ; Method-1 Adding fibers last
to transit mixer
• Prepare wet mixture without fibers in usual way
• Check slump; slump before fibers addition should be 1-3 inch
greater than the final slump desired.
• Add ball-free individual fibers as rain of fibers. No clumps!
• The mixer drum should rotate fast enough to carry the fibers
away as they enter the mixer.
• After fiber addition, give at least 40 revolutions.
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Chapter:6 Mixing ; Method-2 Adding Fibers to
Aggregate
• In a batch plant set up to charge a central mixer or transit
mixers, the fibers should be added to the aggregates on a
conveyor belt during aggregate addition and mixed in the
normal manner.
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Chapter:6 Causes of Fiber Balling
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Chapter:7 Placement
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Chapter:8 Curing
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