Hey guys, bit of an update for you. Have found a fibre type that claims to give significant increases in the fleural strength of concrete. Have checked the test results and they seem vaild (from a NAMAS (UK) accredited laboratory). We've put these figures into our design calcs for simple units...
Hi all!
Am a 27 year old engineer with a major precast firm in the uk.We are currently looking at ways of reducing the need for steel reinforcement in our products by use of structural plastic fibres. Unfortunately I have next to no experience in this field and was therefore looking for a few...
Hi, I work as a Production Engineer in Precast - we normally calculate the loads as normal, then if you look in a product brochure by manufacturers such as Halfen-Frimeda they will list the various factors for demoulding adhesion, crane types, transport factors etc.....
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Hi all!
Am a 27 year old engineer with a major precast firm in the uk.We are currently looking at ways of reducing the need for steel reinforcement in our products by use of structural plastic fibres. Unfortunately I have next to no experience in this field and was therefore looking for a few...
