STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF STEEL FIBRES ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF HOLLOW BEAMS

The need for efficient and better construction methods and materials is increasing day by day due to the rapid urbanization taking place around the globe at the same time it is our responsibility to make sure that the application of materials involved in the construction does not create adverse environmental impacts. In this research an attempt to review the optimization of the material usage of a hollow core in Reinforced concrete (RC) flexural members in the zone of tension. This shall facilitate the reduction of the dead loads which is an important factor with respect to seismic effect on structures. This paper studies the research works carried out on RC hollow beams in order to understand the flexural behaviour compared with the conventional solid beams.