STEEL-FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE

Steel-fiber-reinforced concrete was used as a bridge deck overlay in Pennsylvania. This paper discusses the mixing and placing of that overlay on a single-span, continuous- truss bridge. Aside from a delay caused by the necessity for emergency bridge repair elsewhere, problems in placing the overlay included formation of wire balls in the concrete, nonuniformity of concrete loads delivered, and erratic strength test results. It is recommended that, on the steel-fiber-reinforced project to be undertaken by Pennsylvania, control sections be provided to afford more meaningful evaluations of concrete performance.

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  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Presented at the 6th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in cooperation with the Washington Department of Highways, August 6-8, 1973, Olympia, Washington.
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• Authors:
  • Gramling, Wade L
  • Nichols, Thomas H
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 160-165
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 148
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Evaluation; Fiber reinforced concrete; Material reinforcement; Mixing; Pavement overlays; Performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Placing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080992
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM