The integration of coarse aggregates within ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) can remarkably reduce the amount of cement, thereby contributing to lower carbon footprint and improved cost-effectiveness. This paper introduces a steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber reinforcement approach that substantially prolongs the fatigue life of UHPC containing coarse aggregates (UHPC-CA). In this work, we systematically examined the compressive fatigue properties of UHPC-CA reinforced with hybrid fibers (SP-UHPC-CA). 30 groups of UHPC specimens subject to various stress levels were tested, with an emphasis on unveiling the impact of coarse aggregate (CA), steel fiber (SF), and polypropylene fiber (PF) on the UHPC's fatigue life. The results have indicated that the presence of SF alters the fatigue failure mode of UHPC specimen from splitting failure to oblique shear failure. In addition, the UHPC's fatigue life presents a downward trend with an increase in CA volume fraction, and its fatigue life exhibits a positive correlation with an increase in SF volume fraction from 0 to 3 %, while an increase in PF volume fraction from 0 to 0.2 % results in the fatigue life exhibiting a trend of rising initially followed by a decline. Furthermore, the incorporation of hybrid fibers can generate a positive synergetic effect, thereby further increasing the UHPC's fatigue life. Finally, a probabilistic model has been developed to describe the probability distribution of SP-UHPC-CA's fatigue life at various stress levels. This model yields accurate predictions that are in close alignment with a broad spectrum of experimental results, demonstrating its wide applicability in estimating the UHPC's fatigue life under compressive cyclic loading.
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