Evaluation method of shear toughness for steel fiber‐reinforced concrete containing recycled coarse aggregate.

In this paper, the double‐side direct shear experiments on the specimens with and without grooves were conducted to measure the shear load‐deformation curves of steel fiber‐reinforced concrete containing recycled coarse aggregate (SFRCA). The evaluation method for shear toughness was proposed first, and then the effects of water–cement ratio, replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate, volume content of steel fibers, and shear section height on the shear toughness of SFRCA were experimentally analyzed. The results showed that the proposed shear toughness evaluation method could reflect the shear toughness of SFRCA. The effects of the replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate and the volume content of steel fiber on the shear toughness of specimens with grooves had the same trend as those of specimens without grooves. The shear toughness ratio of SFRCA increased with the increase of the volume content of steel fibers, and decreased with the increase of water cement ratio and the replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate, respectively. Moreover, the residual shear toughness ratio increased almost linearly with increasing water–cement ratio, replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate, and volume content of steel fibers, and decreased with the increase of shear deformation, respectively. Finally, the formula for calculating the residual shear toughness ratio of SFRCAC was proposed by fitting the test results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]