Experimental study on the crack resistance of steel-nanometre hybrid fibre concrete

Abstract

To investigate the effects of steel fibre and nanometre fibre on the cracking of reinforced concrete, the cracking resistance of steel fibre reinforced concrete, nanometre fibre reinforced concrete, and hybrid fibre reinforced concrete with different doping levels were studied in comparison with the baseline concrete specimens by steel-Nano hybrid fibre reinforced concrete axial tensile tests. The results show that when the steel fibre admixture is 1.5% and the nanometre fibre admixture is 0.05%, the initial cracking load of reinforced steel-Nano hybrid fibre axial tensile specimens is enhanced the most, at this time, compared with the initial cracking load of plain concrete specimens by 58.9%, at the same steel stress level, when the steel fibre admixture is 1.5% and the nanometre fibre admixture is 0.10%, it is most effective for crack control.