Constitutive behaviour of confined fibre reinforced concrete under axial compression

Abstract Steel fibre reinforced concrete is finding extensive use in field applications. The mechanism of delaying and arresting crack propagation by the fibres can be made use in passive confinement of concrete. Such concrete was termed as confined fiber reinforced concrete (CFRC). This paper presents an analytical model for predicting the stress–strain behaviour of CFRC based on the experimental results. A total of ninety prisms of size 150×150×300 mm were cast and tested under strain control rate of loading. The increase in strength and strain of CFRC were used in formulating the constitutive relation.