ABSTRACT
EXPERIENCE IN STEELFIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE APPLICATIONS.
X. Destree, ir. civil engineer, Director
EUROSTEEL S.A. Chaussee de Neerstalle, 425 - 1180 BRUSSELS BELGIUM
Abstract From the very beginning, although backed up by many fruitfull laboratory researches, steelfibres applications have been limited by the lack of experience and confidence of many potential applicators. To overcome such a difficulty, the author describes here how since 1983, he has been able to gradually and constantly overcome that situation. Decision has been taken to define a typical steel fiber able to be mixed industrially in the concrete and to provide an obvious postcracking pseudo-ductility to concrete. The next step was to concentrate the effort on solving the jobsites problems by setting up a practical and formal procedure involving specific machines and operators to prepare the steelfibre reinforced concrete mix. This experience was gained mainly in two applications : industrial concrete flooring and flight auger concrete piles.
