Abstract
Recently, fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) creep behavior has become a much addressed topic, and the main gap found in the literature is whether cracked FRC is stable in the serviceability limit state. Therefore, this work aims to investigate the creep behavior of steel and polypropylene (PP) FRC by analyzing the growth of the crack opening displacement over time in prismatic specimens subjected to sustained bending. Sustained load tests were also performed on FRC constituents and on the fiber matrix interface in order to evaluate individually their long-term response, and to understand their contribution in bending. Based on a model proposed, the rotation in a plastic hinge located in the crack area could be calculated considering the three mechanisms evaluated—fiber pullout, concrete compression, and shrinkage. It could be concluded that the fiber pullout mechanism plays a primary role in creep deformation in precracked elements subjected to sustained bending loads.
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