Steel-fiber reinforced concrete for conventional construction work as well

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 21:32 in Physics & Chemistry

When adding steel fibers the size of a clip, concrete is less prone to cracking, an engineer demonstrates. What the study shows is that this material has certain advantages over conventional reinforced concrete, and it can be used for purposes like the manufacture of cylindrical holding tanks.

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