Abstract： In order to study the uniaxial tension behavior of textile-reinforced highly ductile concrete (HDC), 7 reference specimens, 21 specimens reinforced with carbon textiles and 21 specimens reinforced with glass textiles were designed. The uniaxial tension tests were performed to research the effect of the short polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers contents, reinforcing ratio of textiles and the types of matrices on the tensile performance. The research shows that the short PVA fibers can significantly improve the textile-matrix interface properties and failure mode of specimens, and significantly increase the efficiency of fiber textile. With the increase of PVA fibers contents and reinforcing ratio of textiles, textile-reinforced specimens exhibit obviously multiple cracking behaviors. The ultimate tensile strength of textile-reinforced specimens can be improved by increasing the PVA fibers contents or reinforcing ratio of textiles. Finally, based on the experimental results, a fiber index related to the PVA fibers contents was proposed to calculate the ultimate tensile strength of specimens. The index can reflect the effect of short PVA fibers and the coupling effect of short fibers and textiles. The research results can provide foundation for the practical engineering application.
