Mechanical and flexural fatigue behaviour of steel fibre reinforced RAP-based concrete: experimental and machine learning investigation
Yeswanth Paluri, Sri Ram Ravi Teja Prathipati, Siva Shanmukha Anjaneya Babu Padavala, Adamu Mulatu Kumara, Heeralal Mudavath, Rathish Kumar Pancharathi · 2026
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Yeswanth Paluri and co-authors tested in 2026 concrete made partly from reclaimed asphalt pavement, old road material, reinforced with steel fibers for pavement use. Twenty mixes varied the share of recycled aggregate up to 30 percent and the fiber dose up to 1.25 percent. Strength, bending behavior, stress response, and resistance to repeated flexing were measured, and machine learning models were trained to predict the results.
More recycled aggregate steadily weakened the concrete, a flaw blamed on the weak bond around asphalt-coated stones. One percent steel fiber reversed much of the loss, lifting splitting and bending strength by roughly 45 percent and greatly extending fatigue life. A gradient boosting model predicted properties with high accuracy, which the authors offer as a design aid for greener pavements.
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| CREATOR | Yeswanth Paluri, Sri Ram Ravi Teja Prathipati, Siva Shanmukha Anjaneya Babu Padavala, Adamu Mulatu Kumara, Heeralal Mudavath, Rathish Kumar Pancharathi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 70848 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |