This book discusses design aspects of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) members including
the behavior of the SFRC and its modeling. It also examines the effect of various parameters
governing the response of SFRC members in detail. Unlike other publications available in the
form of guidelines which mainly describe design methods based on experimental results it
describes the basic concepts and principles of designing structural members using SFRC as a
structural material predominantly subjected to flexure and shear. Although applications to
special structures such as bridges retaining walls tanks and silos are not specifically
covered the fundamental design concepts remain the same and can easily be extended to these
elements. It introduces the principles and related theories for predicting the role of steel
fibers in reinforcing concrete members concisely and logically and presents various material
models to predict the response of SFRC members in detail. These are then gradually extended to
develop an analytical flexural model for the analysis and design of SFRC members. The lack of
such a discussion is a major hindrance to the adoption of SFRC as a structural material in
routine design practice. This book helps users appraise the role of fiber as reinforcement in
concrete members used alone and or along with conventional rebars. Applications to singly and
doubly reinforced beams and slabs are illustrated with examples using both SFRC and
conventional reinforced concrete as a structural material. The influence of the addition of
steel fibers on various mechanical properties of the SFRC members is discussed in detail which
is invaluable in helping designers and engineers create optimum designs. Lastly it describes
the generally accepted methods for specifying the steel fibers at the site along with the SFRC
mixing methods storage and transport and explains in detail methods to validate the adopted
design. This book is useful to practicing engineers researchers and students.
