Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Improvements and Innovations: RILEM-fib International Symposium on FRC (BEFIB) in 2020
Edited by Pedro Serna, Aitor Llano-Torre, José R. Martí-Vargas and Juan Navarro-Gregori
Contents
Rheology and Early-Age Properties
Influence of Different Fibre Types on the Rheology of Strain
Hardening Cementitious Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hassan Baloch, Steffen Grünewald, Karel Lesage, and Stijn Matthys
Using Fiber Reinforced Concrete to Control Early-Age Shrinkage
in Replacement Concrete Pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Nakin Suksawang and Daniel Yohannes
Early Age Shrinkage Crack Distribution in Concrete Plates
Reinforced with Different Steel Fibre Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sébastien Wolf, Simon Cleven, and Oldrich Vlasák
Technological Aspects
Influence of Synthetic Fibres on Seismic Resistance of Reinforced
Concrete Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Stefan Bernard
Development and Mechanical Characterization of Dry Fiberreinforced
Concrete for Prefabricated Prestressed Beams . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Kamyar Bagherinejad Shahrbijari, Suman Saha, Joaquim A. O. Barros,
Isabel B. Valente, Salvador Dias, and João Leite
Simulation of Fibre Orientation in Self-compacting Concrete:
Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Thomas Bauwens, Steffen Grünewald, and Geert De Schutter
Mix Design and Properties of Self-compacting Fibrous Concrete . . . . . . 75
Rafael R. Polvere, Ana R. L. Pires, Sidiclei Formagini,
and Andrés B. Cheung
Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement for Digital Fabrication
with Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lukas Gebhard, Jaime Mata-Falcón, Tomislav Markić,
and Walter Kaufmann
Mixture Proportioning of Steel Fibre Reinforced Self-compacting
Concrete Based on the Compressible Packaging Method: Comparison
with ACI 237R-07 and RILEM TC 174-SCC Recommendations . . . . . . 99
G. Cardoso, R. M. Lameiras, T. T Oliveira, F. B. Santana,
and V. M. S. Capuzzo
Evaluation the Yield and Ultimate Strain of FRC in Compression . . . . 111
Salam Wtaife, Nakin Suksawang, and Ahmed Alsabbagh
Electromagnetic Shielding Characteristics of High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Namkon Lee, Sungwook Kim, and Gijoon Park
Mechanical Properties
The Manufacture of Fiber Cement Blocks Using Chemical
and Thermomechanical Pulps and Rice Husk Ash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Javad Torkaman
Post-Fire Flexural Tensile Strength of Macro Synthetic Fibre
Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Olivia Mirza, Brendan Kirkland, Kurt Bogart, and Todd Clarke
Experimental Investigation on the Cyclic Behaviour of Steel Fibre
Reinforced Concrete Under Bending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Maure De Smedt, Rutger Vrijdaghs, Els Verstrynge, Kristof De Wilder,
and Lucie Vandewalle
Effect of Test Setups on the Shear Transfer Capacity Across Cracks
in FRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Alejandro Giraldo Soto and Walter Kaufmann
Bearable Local Stress of High-Strength SFRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Sven Plückelmann, Rolf Breitenbücher, Mario Smarslik, and Peter Mark
Impact Response of Different Classes of Fibre Reinforced Concrete . . . 189
Juan C. Vivas, Raúl L. Zerbino, María C. Torrijos,
and Graciela M. Giaccio
An Experimental Study on the Fatigue Failure Mechanisms
of Pre–damaged Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete at a Single
Fibre Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Humaira Fataar, Riaan Combrinck, and William P. Boshoff
Development of an HPFRC for Use in Flat Slabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Julia Blazy, Sandra Nunes, Carlos Sousa, and Mário Pimentel
Influence of the Steel Fibres on the Tension and Shear Resistance
of Anchoring with Anchor Channels and Channel Bolts Cast
in Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Mazen Ayoubi, Christoph Mahrenholtz, and Wilhelm Nell
Fiber Reinforced Concrete After Elevated Temperatures:
Techniques of Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Ronney Rodrigues Agra, Ramoel Serafini,
and Antonio Domingues de Figueiredo
Influence of the Curing Temperatures on the Mechanical Properties
of Hemp Fibre-Reinforced Alkali-Activated Mortars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Bojan Poletanovic, Gergely Nemeth, and Ildiko Merta
Equivalence Between Flexural Toughness and Energy Absorption
Capacity of FRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Sergio Carmona and Climent Molins
Alkali Resistant (AR) Glass Fibre Influence on Glass Fibre Reinforced
Concrete (GRC) Flexural Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Guzlena and G. Sakale
Fiber Reinforced Concrete Crack Opening Evaluation Using Digital
Image Correlation Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Kaio Cézar da Silva Oliveira, Gabriela Silva Dias,
Isadora Queiroz Freire de Carvalho,
Wandersson Bruno Alcides de Morais Silva, Danilo José Pereira Freitas,
Christiano Augusto Ferrario Várady Filho,
and Aline da Silva Ramos Barboza
Effect of Distribution and Orientation of Fibers on the Post-cracking
Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-compacting Concrete in Small
Thickness Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Néstor Fabián Acosta Medina, Rodrigo de Melo Lameiras,
Ana Carolina Parapinski dos Santos, and Fábio Luiz Willrich
Ductility of the Four-Year-Old Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . 290
Jakob Šušteršič, Rok Ercegovič, David Polanec, and Andrej Zajc
Sensitivity of the Flexural Performance of Glass and Synthetic FRC
to Fibre Dosage and Water/Cement Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Razan H. Al Marahla and Emilio Garcia-Taengua
Bond Between Steel Reinforcement Bars and Fiber Reinforced
Cement-Based Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Margareth S. Magalhães, Paulo José B. Teixeira,
and Maria Elizabeth N. Tavares
An Experimental Study of the Influence of Moderate Temperatures
on the Behavior of Macrosynthetic Fiber Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . . 322
Marta Caballero-Jorna, Marta Roig-Flores, and Pedro Serna
Post-cracking Behaviour of Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete
with Recycled Aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Brecht Vandevyvere, Lucie Vandewalle, Els Verstrynge, and Jiabin Li
Long-Term Properties
A Computational Sectional Approach for the Flexural Creep Behavior
of Cracked FRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Rutger Vrijdaghs, Marco di Prisco, and Lucie Vandewalle
Shrinkage of Steel-Fibre-Reinforced Lightweight Concrete . . . . . . . . . . 359
Hasanain K. Al-Naimi and Ali A. Abbas
Time Dependent Deflection of FRC Members Under Sustained Axial
and Flexural Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Murray Watts, Ali Amin, R. Ian Gilbert, and Walter Kaufmann
Influence of the Residual Tensile Strength on the Factor
for Quasi-permanent Value of a Variable Action w2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Darko Nakov, Goran Markovski, Toni Arangjelovski, and Peter Mark
Compressive and Tensile Creep and Shrinkage of Synthetic FRC:
Experimental Results and Comparison to Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Razan H. Al Marahla and Emilio Garcia-Taengua
Creep in FRC – From Material Properties to Composite Behavior . . . . 402
Martin Hunger, Jürgen Bokern, Simon Cleven, and Rutger Vrijdaghs Durability
Morphology of Corrosion of Metallic Fibers in Aggressive Media . . . . . 417
Carmen Andrade and Miguel A. Sanjuán
Effects of Fibres on the Flexural Behaviour of Sound and Damaged
RC Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Raúl L. Zerbino, María C. Torrijos, Graciela M. Giaccio,
and Antonio Conforti
Fiber Reinforced Concrete Elements Exposed
to Accelerated Corrosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Camelia Negrutiu, Ioan Sosa, Bogdan Heghes, Oana Gherman,
and Horia Constantinescu
Effect of Corroded Steel Fibers on Mechanical Behavior
of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Minoru Kunieda, Masaki Tsutsui, and Le V. Tri
Self-healing of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Containing an Expansive
Agent in Different Exposure Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
K.-S. Lauch, C. Desmettre, and J.-P. Charron
Characterisation of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composite
(SHCC) Under Cyclic Loading Conditions for Self-healing
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Zixuan Tang, Chrysoula Litina, and Abir Al-Tabbaa
Corrosion Pattern and Mechanical Behaviour of Corroded Rebars
in Cracked Plain and Fibre Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Chen, Carlos G. Berrocal, Ingemar Löfgren, and Karin Lundgren
Evaluation of the Self-healing Capability of Ultra-High-Performance
Fiber-Reinforced Concrete with Nano-Particles and Crystalline
Admixtures by Means of Permeability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Hesam Doostkami, Marta Roig-Flores, Alberto Negrini,
Eduardo J. Mezquida-Alcaraz, and Pedro Serna
Analytical and Numerical Models
Material Characterisation for Nonlinear Finite Element
Analysis (NLFEA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
J. van der Aa and A. A. van den Bos
Comparison Between the Cracking Process of Reinforced Concrete
and Fibres Reinforced Concrete Railway Tracks by Using Non-linear
Finite Elements Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Jean-Louis Tailhan, Pierre Rossi, and Thierry Sedran
Experimental/Computational-Based Determination of Material
Parameters for Nonlinear Simulation of UHPFRC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
David Lehký, Martin Lipowczan, Drahomír Novák, Radomír Pukl,
and Milad Hafezolghorani
Mechanical Response of High Strength Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Under Extreme Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Luccioni, F. Isla, F. Fiengo, R. Codina, D. Ambrosini, J.C. Vivas,
Raúl L. Zerbino, Graciela M. Giaccio, and María C. Torrijos
Numerical Damage Modelling of Macro-synthetic Fibre
Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Dayani Kahagala Hewage, Christophe Camille, Olivia Mirza,
Fidelis Mashiri, Brendan Kirkland, and Todd Clarke
Finite Element Analysis of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced
Concrete Beams Using Microplane Modelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
William. Wilson and Tomas O’Flaherty
Machine Learning Prediction of Flexural Behavior of UHPFRC . . . . . . 570
Joaquín Abellán-García, Jaime A. Fernández-Gómez,
Nancy Torres-Castellanos, and Andrés M. Núñez-López
Study of Dimensioning Aspects of FRC Based on the Beam Flexion
Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Iva E. Pereira Lima and Aline S. Ramos Barboza
Load-Carrying Capacity of SFRC Suspended Slabs with Different
Support Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Olugbenga B. Soyemi and Ali A. Abbas
Discrete Element Simulation of the Fresh State Steel Fiber Reinforced
Self-compacting Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Najari, A. Blanco, A. de la Fuente, and S. H. P. Cavalaro
Crack Width Simulation and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
of Bursting and Spalling Stresses in Precast FRC Tunnel Segments
Under TBM Thrust Jack Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Mehdi Bakhshi and Verya Nasri
Finite Element Modelling of UHPFRC Flexural-
Reinforced Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Eduardo J. Mezquida-Alcaraz, Juan Navarro-Gregori, and Pedro Serna
Punching Shear Response of RC Slab-Column Connections
Strengthened with UHPFRC – Finite Element Investigation . . . . . . . . . . 651
Demewoz W. Menna and Aikaterini S. Genikomsou
Numerical Evaluation the Effect of Specimen Thickness
on Fibre Orientation in Self-consolidating Engineered
Cementitious Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Hai Tran Thanh, Jianchun Li, and Y. X. Zhang
Numerical Modelling of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
Shear-Critical Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Santiago Talavera-Sánchez, Juan Navarro-Gregori, Francisco Ortiz-Navas,
and Pedro Serna
Experimental Analysis of Crack Development of an UHPC Wall
Element Under Shear Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Příbramský, M. Kopálová, and L. Dlouhý
Assessment of the Shear Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Through Numerical Modelling of Shear-Friction Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Álvaro Picazo, Marcos G. Alberti, Alejandro Enfedaque,
and Jaime C. Gálvez
Modeling the Compressive Behavior of Steel Fiber Reinforced
Concrete Under High Strain Rate Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Honeyeh Ramezansefat, Mohammadali Rezazadeh, Joaquim A. O. Barros,
Isabel B. Valente, and Mohammad Bakhshi
Structural Design
Post-cracking Strength Classification of Macro-synthetic Fibre
Reinforced Concrete for Sleeper Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Christophe Camille, Dayani Kahagala Hewage, Olivia Mirza,
Fidelis Mashiri, Brendan Kirkland, and Todd Clarke
Structural Behaviour of Steel-Fibre-Reinforced
Lightweight Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Hasanain K. Al-Naimi and Ali A. Abbas
Experimental Analysis of Beams Produced in Self-compacting
Concrete Reinforced with Different Contents of Steel Fibres . . . . . . . . . 745
Ana R. L. Pires, Rafael R. Polvere, Sidiclei Formagini,
and Andrés B. Cheung
Innovation in Durable Segments for CSO Tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
Ralf Winterberg, Michael R. Garbeth, and Brian Glynn
Incorporation of Rate-Dependent Fracture Properties in the Design
of Precast Concrete Tunnel Segment with Hybrid Reinforcement . . . . . 770
Stefie J. Stephen and Ravindra Gettu
Codes and Standards
Developments and Standardisation of Flowable Concrete Reinforced
with Fibres for Structural Design, Update of fib TG 4.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 779
Steffen Grünewald, Liberato Ferrara, and Frank Dehn
Assesment of Codal Provision for SFRC Beam in Minimum Shear . . . . 791
Kranti Jain and Bichitra S. Negi
Laboratory Investigations on the Installation of Fasteners in Fiber
Reinforced Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
Panagiotis Spyridis, Lars Walter, Julia Dreier, and Dirk Biermann
Quality Control
Applications of Statistical Process Control in the Evaluation
of QC Test Data for Residual Strength of FRC Samples of Tunnel
Lining Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815
Chidchanok Pleesudjai, Devansh Patel, Mehdi Bakhshi, Verya Nasri,
and Barzin Mobasher
Using Decades of Data to Rethink Proportioning and Optimisation of
FRC Mixes: The OptiFRC Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
Emilio Garcia-Taengua
Case Studies: Structural and Industrial Applications
Fire Resistance of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Elevated
Suspended Slabs: ISO Fire Tests and Conclusions for Design . . . . . . . . 841
Xavier Destrée, Andrejs Krasnikovs, and Sébastien Wolf
Structural Behavior of a Traditional Concrete and Hollow Tiles Mixed
Floor Reinforced with HPFRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
Sirtoli, P. Riva, and P. Girardello
Pedestrian Bridge over Las Vegas Avenue in Medellín. First Latin
American Infrastructure in UHPFRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
Joaquín Abellán-García, Andrés M. Núñez-López,
and Samuel E. Arango-Campo
First Experimental Full-Scale Elevated FRSCC Slab
in South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873
Luis Segura-Castillo, Diego Figueredo, Iliana Rodríguez,
and Nicolás García
Masonry Walls Strengthened with Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Subjected to Blast Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883
Salah Altoubat, Abdul Saboor Karzad, Moussa Leblouba,
Mohamed Maalej, and Pierre Estephane
Smart FRCs
Interfacial Bond Quality in Functionally Graded Concretes
Incorporating Steel Fibres and Recycled Aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897
Ricardo Chan, Isaac Galobardes, and Charles K. S. Moy
Towards Rebar Substitution by Fibres – Tailored Supercritical
Fibre Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
Katharina Look, Peter Heek, and Peter Mark
A Constitutive Model for Steel-Fibre-Reinforced Lightweight
Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920
Hasanain K. Al-Naimi and Ali A. Abbas
UV-C Treatment to Functionalize the Surfaces of Pet and PP Fibers
for Use in Cementitious Composites. Adherence Evaluation . . . . . . . . . 938
María E. Fernández, María E. Pereira, Fernando Petrone, Claudia Chocca,
and Gemma Rodríguez
Potential of Using Recycled Carbon Fibers as Reinforcing Material for
Fiber Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949
Magdalena Kimm, Amna Sabir, Thomas Gries, and Piyada Suwanpinij
Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC)
Development of Textile Reinforced UHPC with Reduced
Steel Fiber Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963
Mengchao Zhai, Yiming Yao, Jingquan Wang, and Barzin Mobasher
Reinforcement of Concrete with Glass Multifilament Yarns:
Effect of the Impregnation on the Yarn Pull-Out Behaviour . . . . . . . . . 971
-C. Slama, J. -L. Gallias, and B. Fiorio
Influence of Fibres Impregnation on the Tensile Response of Flax
Textile Reinforced Mortar Composite Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983
Giuseppe Ferrara, Marco Pepe, Enzo Martinelli,
and Romildo D. Tolêdo Filho
Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Smart Textile
Reinforced Concrete Pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991
Gozdem Dittel, Michelle Wangler, Bastian Maiworm, and Thomas Gries
UHPFRC, SHCC and ECC
Full-Scale Construction Test for Improvement of RC Void Slab
Bridges Using UHPFRC – Part 1: Experimental Test Plan . . . . . . . . . . 1003
Tohru Makita, Yuji Watanabe, Shuji Yanai, and Hirokazu Kitagawa
Full-Scale Construction Test for Improvement of RC Void Slab
Bridges Using UHPFRC – Part 2: Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012
Yuji Watanabe, Shuji Yanai, Tohru Makita, and Hirokazu Kitagawa
Influence of Fiber Type on the Tensile Behavior of High-Strength
Strain-Hardening Cement-Based Composites (HS-SHCC) During
and After Exposure to Elevated Temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022
Iurie Curosu, Sarah Burk, Marco Liebscher, and Viktor Mechtcherine
Tensile and Compressive Performance of High-Strength Engineered
Cementitious Composites (ECC) with Seawater and Sea-Sand . . . . . . . . 1034
Jing Yu, Bo-Tao Huang, Jia-Qi Wu, Jian-Guo Dai,
and Christopher K. Y. Leung
Effect of Fiber Content Variation in Plastic Hinge Region
of Reinforced UHPC Flexural Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1042
Mandeep Pokhrel, Yi Shao, Sarah Billington, and Matthew J. Bandelt
An Eco-Friendly UHPC for Structural Application:
Tensile Mechanical Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1056
Amin Abrishambaf, Mário Pimentel, and Sandra Nunes
Characterization of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced
Concrete (UHPFRC) Tensile Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1068
Nicola Generosi, Jacopo Donnini, and Valeria Corinaldesi
Slip-Hardening Bond: A Key to the Success of Ultra High
Performance FRC Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079
Antoine E. Naaman
Testing of Thin UHPFRC Cantilever Stairs
with Bolted Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1090
Ioan Sosa, Camelia Negrutiu, Bogdan Heghes, and Adel Todor
Studying of Processing-Structure-Properties Relation of Strain
Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100
Zhenghao Li, Jiajia Zhou, Cong Lu, and Christopher K. Y. Leung
The Effect of Fiber Content on the Post-cracking Tensile Stiffness
Capacity of R-UHPFRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1112
Khorami, Juan Navarro-Gregori, and Pedro Serna
Controlling Strength and Ductility of Strain-Hardening Cementitious
Composites by Nano-Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124
Ousmane A. Hisseine and Arezki T. Hamou
Comprehensive Characterization of UHPFRC Mixes for Seismic
and Durability Rehabilitation of Bridge Piers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137
Sevigny-Vallières, P. Marchand, B. Terrade, N. Roy, F. Toutlemonde,
and A. Tagnit-Hamou
Evaluation of the Splitting Tensile Strength of Ultra-High
Performance Concrete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149
An Hoang Le
Author Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161