The steel fibers in the concrete pipes have provided better mechanical performance levels. In the northern region, uniquely in Belem, no studies on the technical feasibility of this technological resource, although there is considerable deficiency of urban infrastructure. Thus become relevant conduct studies on alternative technology. This study seeks to analyze the mechanical behavior of concrete pipes with steel fibers, aiming at the technical feasibility of replacing the concrete pipe with conventional armor. The research methodology we used steel fibers in loose state and glued comb DRAMIX® 3D type 65/35 and 80/60 DRAMIX® 3D type. For each fiber type were adopted contents of 20 kg / m³ (0.25%), 30 kg / m³ (0.38%) and 40 kg / m³ (0.50%) by weight and volume fraction, respectively. The size of all concrete pipes was 600 mm diameter, wall thickness of 60 mm and effective length 1000 mm, and the cylindrical bodies of the test piece of 100x200mm and prismatic of 150x150x500mm and 150x150x550mm, which were subjected to the tests for mechanical behavior evaluation and durability. In the production of concrete with the fibers was reviewed in the fresh state with frustoconical rebate between 0 and 10 mm. The dosage of concrete with fibers was routinely employed by the company for concrete without fibers, and the strength of the fibers takes place under the rule of the mixture. The results obtained that the concrete pipe with fiber type 80/60 loose at all levels and pasted comb the levels of 0.38% and 0.50%, reached the minimum breaking load and post-cracking set by the NBR 8900 (ABNT, 2007), thus would be technically feasible as the replacement of reinforced concrete pipes conventionally, under the conditions and specifications of this study.
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