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The addition of polypropylene (PP) fibres to high-performance concrete (HPC) is one way to avoid spalling of concrete under fire conditions. The present work contributes both to the understanding of the way in which fibres act and to optimising the fibre dosage. Pore pressure measurements performed on heated specimens showed that the presence of fibres led to a large decrease in the extent of the...