This contribution presents the performed experiments and experimental setup in detail for future reference and the results of bending tests performed on steel fibre concrete beam specimen, which have been cut out of a larger plate. These beams have different fibre orientation distributions, due to being taken from different parts of the plate and with different orientation with respect to the flow of the fresh concrete.
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