The reinforcement mesh is cast into concrete, and when the textile-reinforced concrete is loaded, the filaments slip both against the concrete and against each other inside the yarn. A textile ...

As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced concrete has ... up through the slab than flexible fibers.

The carbon fiber is woven into a mesh, or as a composite material that mimics existing rebar structures. These two types of reinforcement can be combined in a composite to produce a concrete ...

Many farmers do their own concrete work ... Unlike re-rod or wire mesh added during a pour, fiber-strand reinforcing is uniform throughout the slab. “For thermal movement and expansion control ...

The concrete slab was setting so fast ... It's enough to remove the requirement for reinforcing steel bars within the concrete in some applications, says Dr Scullion. Beyond concrete, graphene ...