Recently, DFRCCs (Ductile Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites), materials with remarkable strain capacity when compared to ordinary fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) , have been developed and studied actively in the US, Japan, and many European countries. The transformation of failure behavior from brittle to ductile is achieved by incorporating fracture mechanics concept especially at micro-mechanical level in manufacturing ordinary fiber-reinforced cementitious composites to produce DFRCC. DFRCC has a similar or slightly greater elastic modulus, but has far superior strength and strain capacity and than ordinary FRC. Due to its enhanced material characteristics, DFRCC has been extensively studied to find practical applications. DFRCC is considered most suitable in concrete structure repair and strengthening due to its inherent cement based material characteristic similar to concrete. In order to fully understand the mechanical and failure behaviors of concrete members repaired with DFRCC, a practical application study using DFRCC as repairing material has been performed. In this study, the bottom tension section of plain concrete flexural members are replaced with the 10%, 20%,and 30% specimen height of plain concrete flexural specimensusing DFRCC. Using a four-point bending test, the flexural strengths of repaired flexural specimens are obtained. The results show that DFRCC can be effectively used for repairingmaterialsfor concrete structures.

• Jang-Ho Jay Kim(Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Sejong University)