ABSTRACT
Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is a new composite material consisting of textile fabrics in a fine-grained concrete matrix, see Figure 1. The textile fabrics are made of filament yarns (so-called rovings) which are connected with the aid of stitching yarn. The filament yarn is a bundle comprised of a large number (400 . . . 2.000) of single filaments. Filaments may be made of differentmaterials, e.g. alkali-resistant glass (ARG) or carbon fibers (CF). In the paper, attention is focused on TRC comprised of carbon filaments. Textile reinforcement is not only applied in new structures but may also be used for the additional strengthening of existing structures.
