| Abstract: | Influence of Fiber Orientation on the Design of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Members The provision of guidelines and codes is the condition to applications with enough margin of safety and spreading of steel fiber reinforced concrete. The knowledge of uneven fiber distribution and orientation didn't lead to consideration within the design until now. One reason may be that a consideration of the fiber distribution was not relevant for the most applications. But there is a change due to the advance of the use of steel fiber reinforced concrete for members and structures based on structural design. The effects of the concreting and the dimensions of a member on the fiber orientation and distribution are considerable and should be taken into account for the design. |
