Steel Fibres and Reinforced Concrete with Steel Fibers in the Field of Civil Engineering

• Jacek Katfgh

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There has been an ongoing need to discover a solution to reduce the brittleness of civil engineering materials
derived from clay, lime, and cement since their first usage. The ancients found a solution to the issue by adding
organic fibers to fragile clay bricks. Reading about the building of Roman baths allows one to investigate these
methods (Vitruvius 1999). To combat the material's brittleness, steel fiber is now the material of choice for
reinforcing concrete. Worldwide, steel fiber reinforced concretes (SFRC) have found several very intriguing uses,
which are detailed in this article. The author begins by outlining the history of SFRC and steel fibers. Second, the
present relevance of SFRC to civil engineering is discussed in the article.

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