A new software, denominated FRCcalc, was developed for the analysis and design of fiber
reinforced concrete (FRC) members based on the recommendations and design guidelines of
MC2010. The software is guided for the analysis of FRC cross-sections with and without
conventional steel reinforcements, submitted to bending and shear, in order to assess the
ultimate and serviceability limit state safety verifications of structural members. A main feature
of the software is the possibility to run a comparative analysis between FRC and reinforced
concrete (RC) cross-sections from the technical aspects.
Two examples of the analysis of FRC and RC cross-sections using FRCcalc are presented,
having been explored the use of fiber reinforcement in members for increased structural
performance and as a total or partial replacement of conventional steel reinforcement.
Additionally, in order to appraise FRCcalc accuracy to evaluate the flexural response of FRC
and RC cross-sections, a comparison with the results obtained with DOCROS software is
presented, being DOCROS based on a layered model capable of attributing to each layer an
aimed constitutive model, therefore adequate to predict the moment-curvature of cross sections
composed of several types of cement, metallic and polymer materials.The first Author would like to acknowledge the grant SFRH/BDE/96381/2013 co-funded by CiviTest - Pesquisa de Novos Materiais para a Engenharia Civil, Lda. and by FCT - Portuguese
Foundation for Science and Technology. The authors also acknowledge the support provided
by the FCT project PTDC/ECM-EST/2635/2014
