A concrete article comprised of concrete having therein a reinforcing fiber,
where
at least about 50 percent of the reinforcing fibers are frayed only at an end or
ends of the reinforcing fibers, may be made by mixing concrete, water and a reinforcing
fiber for a sufficient time to fray the ends of at least 50 percent of the fibers
and curing the mixture to form the concrete article. The fiber may be a reinforcing
fiber comprised of at least two filaments bonded together and the filaments being
comprised of a polymeric core and a polymeric sheath comprised of a fusing-fraying
polymer, such that the reinforcing fiber, when mixed with inorganic particulates,
frays predominately only at an end or ends of the fiber.