RESPONSE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE REINFORCED BY TEXTILE REINFORCEMENT TO IMPACT LOADING

Abstract

Generally, cement composites like high-performance concrete (HPC) are very brittle. The resistance to the impact loading of the HPFRC and the HPFRC reinforced by the textile reinforcement are compared in this article. The samples (0.56 × 0.1 × 0.1 m) were experimentally tested in three-point bending, by using horizontal impact machine. The better resistance of the textile reinforced HPFRC is obvious from the collected data (impact force, acceleration of hammer and acceleration of the tested sample).