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Ulzurrun, GonzaloCorresponding AuthorZanuy, CarlosAuthor

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June 9, 2019
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Flexural response of SFRC under impact loading

Publicated to: CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 134 397-411 - 2017-03-01 134(), DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.12.138

Authors:

Ulzurrun, G; Zanuy, C
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, ETS Ingenieros Caminos, Dept Continuum Mech & Struct, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

The research presented in this paper deals with the impact behavior of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC). An experimental campaign on unnotched prismatic specimens has been carried out, covering three types of steel fibers (smooth, hooked and prismatic), two volumetric contents (0.5 and 1%), and companion unreinforced plain concrete specimens. Impact tests have been performed with an instrumented drop weight testing machine recently installed at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. According to experimental results, the peak strength and fracture energy of tested SFRC mixes are strain-rate dependent, showing dynamic increase factors (DIF) well larger than 1. On the one hand, the analysis has shown that the DIF of the peak bending strength of SFRC reinforced with smooth and prismatic fibers is higher than the DIF of the tensile strength of plain concrete and increases with the fiber content. SFRC reinforced with hooked fibers presented higher DIF with 0.5% fiber content than with 1.0%. The influence of rate-dependent size effect in the former results is discussed in the paper. On the other hand, the DIF of the fracture energy showed the highest rate sensitivity for plain concrete specimens and decreases with the addition of fibers due to the rate dependence of the mechanisms involved in the fiber matrix interaction. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

BehaviorDynamic strengthFiber-reinforced concreteFlexural strengthHigh-strain ratesImpactSfrcStrain rateSustainable cities and communitiesTensile-strength

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2017, it was in position 11/128, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Civil. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.14. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.13 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 37
  • Scopus: 39
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 42 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/94436/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 23
  • Downloads: 8
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 11 - sustainable cities and communities, with a probability of 59% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SANZ DIEZ DE ULZURRUN CASALS, GONZALO) and Last Author (ZANUY SANCHEZ, CARLOS).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SANZ DIEZ DE ULZURRUN CASALS, GONZALO.

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Project objectives

La aportación persigue los siguientes objetivos: analizar el comportamiento a impacto del hormigón reforzado con fibras de acero (SFRC) mediante ensayos experimentales en probetas prismáticas sin muesca; evaluar el efecto del tipo de fibra (lisa, enganchada y prismática) y su contenido volumétrico (0,5% y 1%) sobre la resistencia máxima y la energía de fractura; determinar la dependencia de estos parámetros frente a la velocidad de deformación mediante factores de incremento dinámico (DIF); caracterizar la influencia del contenido y tipo de fibra en el DIF de la resistencia a flexión y la energía de fractura; y discutir el efecto tamaño dependiente de la tasa de carga en los resultados obtenidos.
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Most relevant results

El estudio analiza el comportamiento a impacto del hormigón reforzado con fibras de acero (SFRC) mediante ensayos experimentales en probetas prismáticas sin muesca, considerando tres tipos de fibras (lisos, enganchados y prismáticos) y dos contenidos volumétricos (0,5% y 1%). Los resultados principales son: 1) la resistencia máxima y la energía de fractura del SFRC dependen de la velocidad de deformación, con factores de incremento dinámico (DIF) superiores a 1; 2) el DIF de la resistencia a flexión máxima es mayor para SFRC con fibras lisas y prismáticas que para el hormigón simple, aumentando con el contenido de fibra; 3) SFRC con fibras enganchadas mostró un DIF mayor con 0,5% que con 1,0% de fibra; 4) el DIF de la energía de fractura es más sensible a la velocidad en el hormigón simple y disminuye al añadir fibras, debido a la interacción fibra-matriz dependiente de
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Awards linked to the item

The financial support provided by the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness (Ref. BIA2012-30998) is gratefully acknowledged. In addition, the authors would like to express their gratitude to Bekaert for kindly providing the hooked and smooth fibers used in this study.
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