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The limitations of plain conventional concrete on the strength and durability aspects are effectively addressed by incorporating steel fibers into concrete. Many studies proved that there is a drastic improvement in various engineering properties, especially the impact and abrasion resistance. The estimation of impact and toughness is carried out through the areas under stress–strain curves; moreover, it is a time-consuming process. In this investigation, enhancement of toughness property because of the influence of steel fibers in the range of 1–4% is arrived through a simplified approach based on the past researches outcomes and through the experimental study of impact test results. The toughness property drastically improved around 1.81% of the plain concrete in the addition to 2% of volume fraction of steel fibers.
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Palaniappan, M., Milton, J.C., Ramasubramaniam, S.S., Palvannan, H., Sundararaj, H. (2021). Influence of Steel Fibers on Enhancing the Toughness Property on Concrete: A Simplified Approach. In: Shukla, S.K., Chandrasekaran, S., Das, B.B., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 78. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5001-0_22
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