Creep Behaviour in Cracked Sections of Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Keynote Lectures.- Factors influencing creep of cracked fibre reinforced concrete: What we think, we know &amp; what we do not know, by R. Gettu, R. Zerbino and S. Jose.- Creep testing methodologies and results interpretation, by N. Buratti and C. Mazzotti.- Session 1: Influence of fibre type on creep.- Flexural creep tests on beams - 8 years of experience with steel and synthetic fibres, by W. Kusterle.- Experiences from 14 years of creep testing of steel and polymer fibre reinforced concrete, by S. Van Bergen, S. Pouillon and G. Vitt.- Creep deformations of structural polymeric macrofibers, by R. Vrijdaghs, M. di Prisco and L. Vandewalle.- Tensile creep of cracked steel fibre reinforced concrete: Mechanisms on the single fibre and at the macro level, by W.P. Boshoff and P.D. Nieuwoudt.- Flexural post-cracking creep behaviour of macro-synthetic and steel fiber reinforced concrete, by P. Pujadas, A. Blanco, S.H.P. Cavalaro, A. de la Fuente and A. Aguado.- Session 2: Creep on special materials.- Behavior of cracked cross-section of fibre reinforced UHPFRC under sustained load, by D. Casucci, C. Thiele and J. Schnell.- Experimental study on time-dependent behavior of cracked UHP-FRCC under sustained loads, by T. Nishiwaki, S. Kwon, H. Otaki, G. Igarashi, F.U.A. Shaikh and A. P. Fantilli.- Creep behaviour of cracked high performance fibre reinforced concrete beams under flexural load, by E. Galeote, A. Blanco, A. de la Fuente and S.H.P. Cavalaro.- Time-dependent flexural behaviour of SFRSCC elements, by V.M.C.F. Cunha, J.A.O. Barros and Amin Abrishambaf.- Session 3: Creep testing methods.- Effect of residual strength parameters on FRC flexural creep: Multivariate analysis, by E. García-Taengua, A. Llano-Torre, J.R. Martí-Vargas and P. Serna.- Mid-term behaviour of fibre reinforced sprayed concrete submitted to flexural loading, by C. Larive, D. Rogat, D. Chamoley, A. Regnard, T. Pannetier and C. Thuaud.- Effect of beam width on the creep behaviour of cracked fibre reinforced concrete, by R. Zerbino, G.M. Giaccio, D.H. Monetti and M.C. Torrijos.- Macro-synthetic fibre reinforced concrete: Creep and creep mechanisms, by A.J. Babafemi and W.P. Boshoff.- Session 4: Influence of applied load on creep tests.- Influence of fibre reinforcement on the long-term behaviour of cracked concrete, by A. Llano-Torre, S.E. Arango, E. García-Taengua, J.R. Martí-Vargas and P. Serna.- Creeping effect of SFRC elements under specific type of long term loading, by D. Nakov, G. Markovski, T. Arangjelovski and P. Mark.- Creep behavior of a SFRC under service and ultimate bending loads, by D. Daviau-Desnoyers, J.-P. Charron, B. Massicotte, P. Rossi and J.-L. Tailhan.- Durability of FRC beams exposed for long-term under sustained service loading, by L. Candido, F. Micelli, E. Vasanelli, M.A. Aiello and G. Plizzari.<br>