Abstract:In order to obtain a new type of engineered cementitious composites of high strength and high strain capacity, the tensile and compressive behaviors of hybrid polyvinyl alcohol steel fiber reinforced cementitious composites have been evaluated on incorporating additional steel fiber. The experimental results show that cracking and tensile strength of the composites are increased with the addition of steel fiber. Meanwhile, the individual crack width is decreased compared with the case without steel fiber. The above enhancement of additional steel fiber is more pronounced in high strength matrix. Moderate amount of steel fiber is needed to effectively improve the ultimate tensile strain of the composites. However, no significant improvement on compressive behavior of the composites has been achieved by incorporating steel fiber. Hybrid fiber reinforced composites with characteristics of high strength, high ductility and fine crack width are obtained.