Reproportioning of steel fibre reinforced concrete mixes and their impact resistance

In this experimental investigation, a practical rapid method of proportioning steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) mixes is developed and validated. The basis for developing this is to use the reproportioning method, which has already been developed for proportioning normal density cement concrete mixes, for SFRC mixes. Based on the results of the trial mix, two SFRC mixes having 28 day target strength of 30 and 50 MPa are designed using this technique and examined regarding its validation. In addition, the impact resistance of these reproportioned Plain Concrete (PC) and SFRC is studied at 7 and 28 days. It is observed that the SFRC has developed significant impact resistance even for a small addition of steel fibres. Pulse velocity test is conducted at different ages to assess the quality of concrete. It is found that all concrete specimens could be classified under good quality. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.