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LIGHT WEIGHT CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS
INDEX
FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE
DISCRETE
CONCRETE
FIBER
REINFORCED
DISCRETE
FIBER
REINFORCED
CONCRETE (CONTINUED..)
In contrast to reinforcing bars in reinforced concrete
which are continuous and carefully placed in the
structure to optimize their performance, the fibers are
dis-continuous and are generally randomly distributed
throughout the concrete matrix. As result the
reinforcing performance of steel fibers, for
example, is inferior to that of reinforcing bars.
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Orientation of fiber in
cored SIFCON as
influenced by the coring
direction with respect to
fiber placement direction
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USES OF SIMCON
SIMCON can be used in new construction or to reinforce
existing
structures.
In
conventional
concrete
reinforcement is designed to fail before the concrete and
at failure large slabs chunks of concrete break apart
from the reinforcement and fall from the structure.
In SIMCON at failure, the mass of fibers and
concrete does not collapse. Instead of large chunks
breaking and falling from a structure, the material
crumbles into small harmless flakes which pose little
danger to people or property below.
This controlled form of failure is a key advantage
of SIMCON.
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PROPERTIES OF SIMCON
The advantage of steel fiber mats over a large
volume of discrete fibers is that the mat with
predecided configuration provides inherent strength
and can utilize fibers with much higher aspect
ratios. The fiber volume is less than half that
required for slurry infiltrated fiber concrete
(SIFCON), while achieving similar flexural strength
and energy absorption capacity. Since the mat is
already in a pre-formed shape, handling problems
are minimized and balling does not become a factor.
The superior performance of the SIMCON over
SIFCON is related to the bonding of the mat fibers in
the composite concrete. In SIFCON, the relatively
short embedment lengths of 25 mm fiber, results in
fiber pullout as the primary failure mode. In the
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composites, the failure mode comprises
SIFCON vs SIMCON
SIMCON is also easier to handle and construct than
with SIFCON. SIMCON is also better suited for
applications where one dimension is much smaller
than the remaining two, such as bridge deck
overlays.
On the other hand, SIFCON is better suited for threedimensional applications, such as zones of
reinforcing bar anchorage or of beam column joint.
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