PROPERTIES OF STEEL-POLYPROPILENE HYBRID FIBERS REINFORCED CONCRETE

Abstract

This paper present the results of mechanical properties of hybrid reinforced concrete made by adding polypropylene and steel fibers into concrete mixture. For the testing purposes were used steel fibers with hooked ends and monofilament polypropylene fibers. The total of 5 batches of concrete were made: concrete with addition of steel fibers, polypropylene fibers and their combination in amount of 0,5 % of the concrete volume. The test results show that concretes made by adding of 0.4% steel and 0.1% polypropylene fibers have better performance compared to other concretes.

Keywords

• hybrid fibers
• polypropylene fibers
• steel fibers
• concrete properties