Experimental study on the mechanical behaviour of short chopped basalt fibre reinforced concrete beams

Conventional reinforced concrete beams have shortcomings under bending moments, including premature tensile cracking, high crack growth rate, low post-cracking stiffness, and relatively brittle failure after tensile reinforcement yields.

“Although they are widely used, conventional reinforced concrete beams have a number of shortcomings inherent to them at the time when they are under bending moments [2].These shortcomings consist of premature tensile cracking, high rate of crack growth, low post tensile cracking hardness and comparatively brittle failure behavior after tensile reinforcement yields [3].”