Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge Regione Puglia for co-funding the research project ECONCRETE ( Sviluppo e caratterizzazione meccanica di manufatti realizzati con calcestruzzi fibrorinforzati eco-compatibili ). The authors wish to express their gratitude to Fices s . r . l . for supporting the performed experimental work and they are also grateful to Tyres Recycling Sud s . r . l . ( Balvano , PZ , Italy ) for supplying the steel fibres recovered from waste tires .
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