Experimental Findings and Validation on Torsional Behaviour of Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Beams: A Review

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 14; no. 6; p. 1171
• Main Authors: Awoyera, Paul Oluwaseun, Effiong, John Uduak, Olalusi, Oladimeji Benedict, Prakash Arunachalam, Krishna, de Azevedo, Afonso R G, Martinelli, Flavia R B, Monteiro, Sergio Neves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15-03-2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Aggregates; Aspect ratio; Beams (structural); Composite materials; Concrete; Fiber reinforced concretes; Reinforced concrete; Reinforcing steels; Review; Shear strength; Steel fibers; Stiffness; Structural members; Tensile strength; Torsion; reinforced concrete; torsional behaviour; failure mechanisms; fibres; green concrete
• ISSN: 2073-4360; 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym14061171

Fibres have long been utilized in the construction sector to improve the mechanical qualities of structural elements such as beams, columns, and slabs. This study aims to review the torsional behaviour of various forms of fibre reinforced concrete to identify possible enhancements and the practicability of concrete structural beams. Concrete reinforced steel fibre, synthetic fibre, and hybrid fibre are examples of fibre reinforced concrete. The review found that the mixing, orientation, and volume of fibres, the size of coarse particles, the aspect ratio of fibres, and the stiffness of fibres all affect the torsional strength of fibre reinforced concrete. Nevertheless, the application of fibres to recycled self-consolidating concrete of various forms needs to be explored and studied to ascertain its feasibility to facilitate greener concrete. Thus, with the results compiled in this review paper, it was possible to delimit advances and gaps on the effect of editing reinforcement fibres in relation to the torsion of structural elements.