Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Caratelli, Angelo
• Meda, Alberto
• Rinaldi, Zila

Titel

Monotonic and cyclic behaviour of lightweight concrete beams with and without steel fiber reinforcement

Ist Teil von

• Construction & building materials, 2016-09, Vol.122, p.23-35

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Experimental tests on lightweight concrete beams with and without steel fiber reinforcement are developed.•The cement was partially substituted by ashes coming from the combustion of Municipal Solid Waste.•Both monotonic and cyclic loads are applied.•The results show the effectiveness of fiber reinforcement in improving the element performance. Experimental tests on four lightweight concrete beams with and without steel fiber reinforcement, subjected to monotonic and reverse cyclic loads, were set-up in order to investigate the influence of the fiber reinforcement on the strength, ductility and energy dissipation. The tests were performed on beams with 200×300mm cross section and clear span of 3000mm. Furthermore, in the framework of the definition of sustainable materials, the cement of the concrete matrix was partially substituted by ashes coming from the combustion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), with pozzolanic reaction. The obtained results are presented, discussed and compared.