(1) Types of shotcrete
Fiber-Reinforced Shotcrete
Steel Fiber
Glass Fiber (chopped glass fiber & resin binder)
Synthetic Fiber(nylon, rayon:decrease width of shrinkage cracks)
Silica-fume Shotcrete
Very fine pozzolanic material
To increase strength, cohension & adhension
More resistance to washout by flow water
Polymer-modified Shotcrete
Polymer emulison replacement of the mixing water.
To improve flexural & tensile strength and bond
To reduce absorption (because of lower permeability)
Accelerated Shotcrete
(Steel fiber)