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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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