Analysis of the thickness of steel rebars cover in concrete effect on Torsional behaviour of steel fibres reinforced with recycled aggregate Self Compacting Concrete

In the present study, self compacting concrete beams with recycled coarse aggregate as 25% replacement of total coarse aggregate, were tested at varying aspect ratio of 50, 70 and 100 of hook end steel fiber for constant fiber content of 0.5 % by volume of concrete and compared with vibrated concrete. A total of 32 beams were cast with 50MPa and 80MPa self compacting and vibrated concrete with natural and recycled coarse aggregate. It can be observed from the study that there is a significant increase in all torsional properties like ultimate torque, angle of twist, torsional stiffness, torsional toughness in self compacting compared to vibrated concrete for both natural and recycled coarse aggregate with the addition of fibers in SCC. Better performance was observed in members with fiber aspect ratio 70 in both concretes compared to lower [50] and higher aspect ratio [100]. Finite element modelling was done based on ATENA-GID software for all the beams and results were compared with experimental test results. The correlation between experimental and FEM modelling results was found satisfactory.