A look at how emerging technologies for FRP concrete provide alternatives to traditionally used steel and glass fibers.

Concrete fibers, made from materials such as steel, polypropylene, glass, and natural fibers, are increasingly used in residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects globally. In 2024, the ...

In the current study, polypropylene and steel hybrid fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete was analyzed with and without the introduction of carbon nanotubes. A range of workability and hardened ...

The addition of polymer fibers can provide a little extra support, should the material be strained in tension or torsion.

Utilizing vegetable fibers in cement composites has huge benefits in construction, improving mechanical strength and ...

UNM Engineers just patented a bendable, 3D-printable concrete material, that could change the game for construction 3D ...

Los Angeles’s Palisades and Eaton fires earlier this month, with their structure losses totaling 6,380 and 9,418, ...

Researchers from Hohai University, Northwestern University, and Politecnico di Milano have introduced a pioneering mesoscale mechanical discrete model, LDPM-MicroF, to simulate the fracture behavior ...

A newly developed machine learning model makes reliable strength predictions in carbon fiber-reinforced steel columns, ...

Regular concrete is usually at 3000-5000 PSI compressive strength. There is currently a trend to simplify low-cost UHPC production methods by substituting affordable local resources for expensive ...

Even concrete reinforced with steel requires ongoing repair, which means regular maintenance on everything ... The ultra-ductile cementitious material must contain enough fiber to stand firmly on its ...

Even concrete reinforced with steel requires ongoing repair ... The ultra-ductile cementitious material must contain enough fiber to stand firmly on its own while maintaining a viscosity that ...