SYNTHETIC FIBER CONCRETE

CPAC - Concrete Technology Center

 Macro Fiber Concrete

Steel Fiber is
PVA Fiber most popular
in Thailand but
industrial
segment

Steel Fiber

Glass Fiber PP Fiber

 Steel Fiber Concrete

0.75 mm (D) diameter and length of 5 cm (L) L/D ratio = 67

Macro Fiber Advantages:

•In some cases, general steel reinforcement replaced by fiber concrete.

That means reducing construction time and process.
•Dispersion in the whole concrete giving better tensile stress distribution
compared to steel reinforcement concrete.
•Less shrinkage crack width and amount.
•Improve impact resistance in concrete floor.
•Improve delamination/ spalling resistance and more durable.
•Improve toughness and tensile strength (depend on dosage).
Synthetic Fiber Concrete
 Macro Fiber replaced to
Fiber Concrete Wire-mesh for temperature wire-mesh
• Objective:
• Benefits -
‘Thickness of slab is
Wire-mesh-less for slab on ground varied from applied load’
crack control

- Saver for labor cost and labor shortage with overall cost of construction is
reduced and speed up with quality of
- Speed of construction
construction Sub-base Sub-base
- Quality of construction
Typical Slab Concrete Fiber Slab Concrete
- Crack reduction (due to distribution of fiber) Crack control and reduction
• Sale Package
Fiber Design

Concrete

More robust and better quality of construction

• Application
- Slim floor precast hollow core system
- Topping/Overlayed concrete
- Slab on ground/ Pavement
- Industrial floor slab on ground
- Roof slab concrete (Crack reduction)
Why we need mesh/bars for slab on ground/ Pavement?

• Crack control from changed temperature (night and daytime)

• Drying shrinkage crack width control (together with joints control)

Macro Fiber replaced to

Wire-mesh for temperature wire-mesh
‘Thickness of slab is crack control
varied from applied load’

Sub-base Sub-base
Typical Slab Concrete Fiber Slab Concrete
CPAC synthetic fiber concrete

Concrete floor behaviour

Normal concrete Fiber concrete

Normal concrete with wiremesh CPAC fiber concrete
CPAC synthetic fiber concrete

CPAC Fiber concrete Advantages:

- Reduce construction time and process.
- Less shrinkage crack width and amount.
- Improve impact resistance in concrete floor.
- Improve delamination/ spalling resistance and more durable.
- Improve toughness, flexural and tensile strength (depend on dosage).

Crack width Concrete surface’s durability

Normal concrete CPAC fiber Normal concrete CPAC fiber

with wiremesh concrete with wiremesh concrete
Fiber concrete better in crack control (crack width) Fiber concrete 10% higher in tensile strength
Concrete Shrinkage cracking age
Splitting Tensile Strength Test
Cement 400 kg/m3, Normal 14 days 5.00
Concrete Normal Fiber 4.15
4.00 3.75 3.80
Low Shrinkage Concrete 50 days 3.20
3.40 3.35

3.00
Fiber Concrete + Low Shrinkage > 90 days
Concrete 2.00

1.00

0.00
ZBDM24A3S5 ZBDM28A3S5 ZBDM32A3S5

Flexural Strength
Normal Fiber
5.00
3.98
No fiber 4.00 3.48 3.68 3.60
3.10 3.30
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
ZBDM24A3S5 ZBDM28A3S5 ZBDM32A3S5

Fiber Concrete
Design Service and Warranty Condition

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Fiber Concrete Recommendation and Usage Guidance of Using Fiber Concrete
Segment Application Min Type of Load Min Fiber Min
Thk Dosage Concrete
Class (Cube)

Topping/ 5 cm Human 2.0 - 2.5 240 ksc

Overlayed kg/m3
concrete

Topping on 5 cm Human 2.0 - 2.5 240 ksc

precast slab kg/m3

Footpath 7.5 cm Human 2.0 - 2.5 240 ksc

kg/m3
Residential
/ Slab on 10 cm 4 wheels car 2.5 kg/m3 280 ksc
Commercial ground (<3 ton gross)
Parking lot

Village road 15 cm 4-6 wheels truck 2.5 kg/m3 320 ksc

(3-10 ton gross)

Pavement for 20-25 Heavy truck (> 3.0 kg/m3 350 ksc
truck cm 10 ton gross)
 VS

External Use of steel fiber Synthetic Fiber is suitable for

concrete outdoor
Fiber Concrete Project References
• Application
- Slim floor system with hollow core
- Roof slab (crack reduction)
- Slab on ground
- Pavement

Fibre
No fibre
Concrete

No fibre

Fibre concrete

Suzuki Showroom Brighton School Kao Factory Crown Warehouse Saraburi

 Roof Slab Solution

Crystalline admixture – 10 years no water leakage warranty

CPAC water proof concrete

Synthetic fiber and crack width control design – 2 years Hand tools
crack <0.4mm warranty
Ladawan Village (Srinakarin)
USE Floline Chiang-Rak, Pavement
SHELL NAKHON PHATOM PETROL STATION
FIRST PROJECT PETROL STATION
AT SHELL BANGYAI
Floor Plan of SHELL @ Bangyai
Results for first project using “fiber concrete at Bangyai area”
Results for first project using “fiber concrete at Bangyai area”
Synthetic fiber concrete package for SHELL : Construction materials specification for shell petrol station

Market opportunity of Shell-Thailand

The construction of Shell petrol station : 10-12 stations /year 2020
Synthetic fiber concrete package for SHELL : Floor construction consultant & joint layout design by CTC team
Shell petrol station – Pattaya ( 600 Q) Shell petrol station – Tiwanon (400 Q)
Contractor : Akaraolan (1996) Co.,Ltd. Contractor : Supapown Construction & Service Co., Ltd.

Customer review : good concrete surface and easy for working Customer review : good concrete surface and easy for working
Synthetic fiber concrete package for SHELL : Summary 2020

Shell petrol station 2020 On the job site training

▪ Tiwanon station
▪ Bangyai station
▪ Theppasit station
▪ Darasamut station
▪ King-Kaeo station
▪ Khonkaen station
▪ Ramintra station
▪ Phuttamonthon station • df
5,500 Q

Customer feedback
- Decrease construction cost & time
- Decrease the risk of concrete crack
- Improve quality of floor construction
- Increase floor durability
PETROL STATION

1 2 3

Soil Compaction before

concrete placement no Hand screed to level Hand temper to press fiber
steel reinforcement and coarse aggregate embed in
concrete slab

4 5 6

Use channel float to Trowel finish

Power float & trowel
smoothness surface
GASBOY – PETROL STATION

Trowel finish Broom finish

Conclusion from synthetic fiber concrete observation:

▪ Changing design and construction method from wire-mesh concrete floor to be
synthetic fiber concrete.
▪ Propose hand tools and technical construction guideline to achieve better quality of
slab construction.
Summary after observation :
▪ Overall concrete placement is faster due to free of wire-mesh installation.
▪ Screeding is easier and faster by using steel temper and channel float equipment in
comparison with traditional darby method.
▪ Fiber protruding on the surface can be neglected after trowel / broom finish.