HIGH VOLUME APPLICATIONS OF COLLATED FIBRILLATED POLYPROPYLENE FIBER. FIBRE REINFORCED CEMENTS AND CONCRETES: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES, COLLEGE OF CARDIFF, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, UNITED KINGDOM, SEPTEMBER 18-20, 1989

Collated fibrillated polypropylene fibers at 0.1% by volume have been used commercially for approximately ten years. Based on encouraging results at a 0.3% volume level and above in cursory laboratory studies, extensive laboratory and field studies have been conducted with shotcrete (wet method) at fiber volumes from 0.44 to 0.66%. Using 5 feet X 5 feet X 3 inches (1524 mm X 1524 mm X 75.2 mm) shotcrete test panels, 38 mm long fiber yielded similar results to 4 X 4 - W2.0 X W2.0 and 6 X 6 - W2.9 X W2.9 welded wire mesh and approximately 101 pounds of steel fiber.(A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 827953.

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• Authors:
  • Zellers, R C
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 316-325
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Limited
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Cracking; Fibers; Plastics; Reinforced concrete; Shotcrete; Test procedures
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00604700
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 1-85166-415-7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM