ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRE-REINFORCED CONCRETE UNDER HIGH-VELOCITY PROJECTILE IMPACT. PART I. EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

A series of cratering experiments were performed where the response of the Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concretes with various fibre volume fractions to the high- velocity projectile impact loading was investigated. It was found that the increment of the fibre volumetric fraction did not have a significant influence on the depth of the penetration, but it was very effective in reducing the crater area and volume.