Adding fibres to concrete provides several advantages, especially in terms of controlling the crack opening widthand propagation after the cracking onset. However, distribution and orientation of the fibres toward the active crackplane are significantly important in order to maximize its benefits. Therefore, in this study, the effect of the fibredistribution and orientation on the post-cracking tensile behaviour of the steel fibre reinforced self-compactingconcrete (SFRSCC) specimens is investigated. For this purpose, several cores were extracted from distinct locationsof a panel and were subjected to indirect (splitting) and direct tensile tests. The local stress-crack openingrelationship (σ-w) was obtained by modelling the splitting tensile test under the finite element framework and byperforming an Inverse Analysis (IA) procedure. Afterwards the σ-w law obtained from IA is then compared with theone ascertained directly from the uniaxial tensile tests. Finally, the fibre distribution/orientation parameters weredetermined adopting an image analysis technique.
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