Journal
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 993-1000Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.05.008
Keywords
Rheology (A); Fiber (E); Fresh Concrete (A); Orientation
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In this paper, the two origins of the preferred orientation of fibers are first reviewed. We then propose a definition of what to call an oriented fiber from a practical point of view in the cementitious material field. Considering typical industrial flows and materials, we identify the dominant phenomena and orientation characteristic time involved in the fiber orientation process in the construction industry. We show that shear induced fiber orientation is almost instantaneous at the time scale of a typical casting process. We moreover emphasize the fact that shear induced orientation is far stronger in the case of fluid materials such as self compacting concretes. The proposed approach is validated on experimental measurements in a simple channel flow. Finally, a semi-empirical relation allowing for the prediction of the average orientation factor in a section as a function of the rheological behavior, the length of the fibers and the geometry of the element to be cast is proposed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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