Proportioning of steel fiber concrete tailored composition using the method of mathematical experiment planning

Abstract

Suggested proportioning of steel fiber concrete tailored composition can be made by using the method of mathematical experiment planning. A wide variety of types of fiber, the size and aggregate grain-size distribution, the number and characteristics of cement, and the need to obtain concrete mixes of different fluidity are used in the production of fiber reinforced materials. That is why it is impossible to develop a proportioning standard method. Thereby it is suggested to conduct an experiment of proportioning of steel fiber concrete tailored composition using the method of mathematical experiment planning in each specific case. The article provides an example of proportioning of steel fiber concrete on specific components. When planning the experiment, we selected water-cement ratio, cement consumption, fiber reinforcement content and the ratio of the content of coarse and fine aggregates as the independent factors. The compressive and tensile strengths of steel fiber concrete and the fluidity (stiffness) of the mixture were selected as responses. This article presents the possibility to make a choice of the ratio of the number of primary components for obtaining steel fiber concretes with the necessary characteristics by analyzing the obtained regression equations.