Sustainable PVA Fiber-Reinforced Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) with Ultrahigh-Volume Limestone Calcined Clay

2020 ◽  
pp. 503-511
Author(s):  
Jing Yu ◽  
Christopher K. Y. Leung
Keyword(s):  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Calcined Clay ◽  
Pva Fiber

Study on the Preparation of Green and Environmentally Friendly High Toughness Cementitous Composites with Large Amount of Fly Ash

2020 ◽  
Vol 996 ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Xiang Rong Cai ◽  
Bai Quan Fu ◽  
Zhi Gang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Type I ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
High Toughness ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
Pva Fiber

In order to reduce the environmental burden and the energy consumption of PVA fiber reinforced high toughness cementitious composites, special focus is placed on the influence of fly ash type and content and curing type on the flexural performance of high toughness cementitious composites through four-point bending tests. The high toughness cementitious composites without fly ash have been used in the program for comparison purpose. The tests results show that, compared with the basic high toughness cementitious composites, the flexural strength decreases and the deflection increases with the s/b increasing when the fly ash is added. The increase in fly ash content results in an improvement of strain hardening property and increases in both flexural strength and deflection, which show that fly ash is benefit to the pseudo strain hardening performance. However the effects of fly ash type and curing type are not obvious on the load but obvious on the deflection. The deflection of high toughness cementitious composites with type I fly ash or water curing is higher than that of type II or standard curing. It is demonstrated that all the high toughness cementitious composites studied in this paper exhibit strain-hardening and multiple cracking through adding fly ash.

The Apparent Density, Tensile Properties and Drying Shrinkage of Ultra High Toughness Cementitious Composites

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Rong Cai ◽  
Bai Quan Fu ◽  
Shi Lang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Apparent Density ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Drying Shrinkage ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
High Toughness ◽  
High Performance Fiber ◽  
Pseudo Strain Hardening

A new class of high performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites called Ultra High Toughness Cementitious Composites (UHTCC) is developed in the last few years. It is a pseudo strain hardening material with maximum tensile strain capacity more than 3%, yet the fiber volume fraction no more than 2%. The multiple cracking patterns accompanying pseudo strain hardening behavior are obtained which implies high ductility, energy absorption capacity, and toughness. A remarkable characteristic distinguish it from conventional high performance fiber reinforced concrete is the maximum crack width of multiple cracks which is about 60µm under ultimate tensile load. Such micro-cracks are often small enough to prevent the intrusion of aggressive agents. From a durability point of view this composite can be considered as an effectively uncracked material. The performances of this new material, including the apparent density, the uniaxial tensile property, and the drying shrinkage performance, are experimental studied in this paper.

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