ABSTRACT
In almost every area of civil engineering the use of fibre-reinforced concrete is becoming ever more widspread. Fibrous reinforcement leads to a noteable improvement in the characteristics of concrete, creating in effect a “new” material which shows excellent ductility, an improved tensile strength, improved resistence to shocks and to wear and tear and, above all, good results with regard to the limitation of cracking and deformation. Because of this, fibre-reinforced concrete can be used in many fields either as normal concrete, or as reinforced concrete in which traditional steel reinforcement is used side by side with fibre reinforcement. The latter type of reinforced concrete seems to be the most appropriate for structural purposes; the fibres improve the material while the steel reinforcement guarantees resistence to tensile strain caused by external forces.
