This research provides a method that can be conveniently and easily to apply the prestressing force to concrete structures incorporating shape memory alloy fibers. For this, discrete shape memory alloy fibers were manufactured to be mixed with cement mortar. Then shape memory effect was generated to evaluate uplift displacements at the mid-span of the mortar beams with increasing fiber volume fractions.

This study evaluated the orientation control of steel fibers in cementitious materials using magnetic field. With the increases in the range of the magnetic field, the effective length of the orientation control of the steel fiber is increased and the orientation control effect is larger.

This study evaluated the influence of nozzle shapes in the orientation of fibers in cementitious materials. The nozzle shapes involved in the study are conventional, balded, and tapered circulars. The results showed that both the bladed and tapered nozzles increased the control performance of fiber orientation compared to the conventional nozzle. In particular, bladed nozzle was more effective in controlling the fiber orientation.