Performance of Slurry Infiltrated Fibrous Concrete - A Comprehensive Review

Abstract

Though construction industry may be little slow at adopting new technologies, it is the time to develop high performance cutting edge building materials to address various complex and diverse engineering needs in terms of high strength, more durability, ability to sustain under dynamic loads due to natural disasters, fire accidents, chemical attacks and terrorist blasts etc. The one of the high performance materials is the slurry infiltrated fibrous concrete (SIFCON), which has larger energy absorption capability along with good mechanical characteristics. In order to improve the performance of SIFCON, research studies have been made in progressing manner in the past decade. Most of the studies were focused on study of strength and durability of SIFCON against the change of fibre material, geometry, shape and its volume fraction. A limited number of research studies were dedicated to investigate the serviceability aspects of SIFCON with a view to maintain long term sustainability. There is a few research finding on performance of SIFCON under thermal environment. The outcome of the investigations in the form of publications in reputed Scopus indexed journals is limited, but notable research contributions have been reported. In this paper an attempt has been made to review the research findings in terms of improving the performance of SIFCON under different considerations. The review provides a significant information on SIFCON which may guide the researchers and practitioners in the relevant field.