Table 5: Influence of fibers on UHPC strength performance.
Research |
Specimen Type |
Fiber Type |
Strength Type |
|
|
Length/ Diameter (mm/ mm) |
Volume (%) |
Compressive strength (MPa) |
Flexural strength (MPa) |
Richard and Cheyrezy (1995) |
Cylinder |
13 / 0.15 |
2.0 |
170-230 |
30-60 |
Schmidt and Fehling (2004) |
Cylinder |
17 / 0.25 |
2.5-3.0 |
165-225 |
- |
Graybeal (2006) |
Cube / Cylinder / Prism |
12.7/ 0.2 |
2.0 |
112-210 |
28-36 |
Shi et al. (2015) |
- |
0-4 |
0-4.0 |
200-800 |
30-141 |
Kanagalakshmi et al. (2016) |
Cube |
13 / 0.8 |
1.0; 1.5; 2.0 |
74.5; 84; 98 |
- |
Alsalman et al. (2017) |
Cube / Cylinder |
12.7 / 0.2 |
3.0 |
106-180 |
- |
Pyo et al. (2017) |
Cubes |
19.5 / 0.2 |
0.5-2.0 |
142-169 |
9-21 |
Buttignol et al. (20017) |
Cube/ Prism |
13 / 0.2 |
1.0-5.0 |
- |
- |
Note: strength at 28 days; includes room, temperature, steam or pressure curing.