Abstract
Ten hybrid steel fiber reinforced concrete mixtures are designed to analyze the influence of the hybridization of three different steel fibers (long hooked-end, medium hooked-end, short wave) on the shear performance by Z push-off shear tests. The presence of steel fibers improves the shear strength and toughness of the concrete, which increase with the volume fraction of hybrid fibers. The hybrid steel fiber reinforcement affects the fracture processes. Micro cracks propagation, cracks onset, cracks propagation and cracks post-peak propagation are the four main fracture stages. The volume fraction above 1.0% changes the evolution trend of fracture process zone length. The hybridization of the long hooked-end steel fiber with the other steel fibers produces a synergistic effect on inhibiting the propagation of the fracture process zone (FPZ) compared with the long hooked-end steel fiber reinforced concrete. The hooked-end steel fiber produces a better effect on slowing down the damage degree factor than short wave shaped steel fiber. The damage degree factor at the same loading level is reduced with the increase of the volume fraction of hybrid steel fiber.
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