Evaluating the impact of fiber type and dosage rate on laboratory performance of Fiber-Reinforced asphalt mixtures

2021 ◽  
Vol 310 ◽  
pp. 125217
Author(s):  
Ahmad Alfalah ◽  
Daniel Offenbacker ◽  
Ayman Ali ◽  
Yusuf Mehta ◽  
Mohamed Elshaer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Type ◽  
Asphalt Mixtures ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Laboratory Performance ◽  
Dosage Rate ◽  
The Impact

Assessment of the Impact of Fiber Types on the Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Hot Mix Asphalt

2020 ◽  
Vol 2674 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Alfalah ◽  
Daniel Offenbacker ◽  
Ayman Ali ◽  
Christopher Decarlo ◽  
Wade Lein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hot Mix Asphalt ◽  
Complex Modulus ◽  
Fiber Type ◽  
Asphalt Binder ◽  
Strength Analysis ◽  
Fiber Types ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Flow Number ◽  
Laboratory Performance ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to evaluate the impact of fiber types on the performance of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. Specifically, the impacts of fiber type on HMA mix design and laboratory performance are investigated. Four types of fiber (fiberglass, basalt, carbon, and polyolefin/aramid blend) were used to produce four fiber-reinforced HMA mixes, and a control mix without fibers was also prepared. The fiber dosage rates used in this study were 0.16% (fiberglass, basalt, and carbon) and 0.05% (polyolefin/aramid) by total mixture weight, based on manufacturer recommendations. Two mixing procedures for introducing fibers into HMA were also evaluated: dry and 15-s dispersion methods. The dry method involved mixing the fibers with aggregates before the addition of asphalt binder while the 15-s dispersion method involved adding the fibers into the mix every 15 seconds (as aggregates were coated by asphalt binder during the mixing process). All the HMA mixtures (unreinforced and fiber-reinforced) were then subjected to several different laboratory performance tests: dynamic complex modulus, Cantabro durability, asphalt pavement analyzer, flow number, and indirect tensile strength. Analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate statistically the impact of fibers on mix performance. Results showed that fibers affected the volumetric properties, mix durability, and rutting resistance of HMA mixes. It was also found that the process for introducing fibers into the mix (i.e., mixing method) affected the consistency of fiber-reinforced HMA samples. Overall, the results of this study showed that the use of fibers improved the rutting and durability performance of asphalt mixtures in the laboratory.

Effect of combined drink cans and steel fibers on the impact resistance and mechanical properties of concrete

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 6734-6742
Author(s):  
A. Syamsir ◽  
S. M. Mubin ◽  
N. M. Nor ◽  
V. Anggraini ◽  
S. Nagappan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Indirect Tensile ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated the combine effect of 0.2 % drink cans and steel fibers with volume fractions of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5% and 3% to the mechanical properties and impact resistance of concrete. Hooked-end steel fiber with 30 mm and 0.75 mm length and diameter, respectively was selected for this study.  The drinks cans fiber were twisted manually in order to increase friction between fiber and concrete. The results of the experiment showed that the combination of steel fibers and drink cans fibers improved the strength performance of concrete, especially the compressive strength, flexural strength and indirect tensile strength. The results of the experiment showed that the combination of steel fibers and drink cans fibers improved the compressive strength, flexural strength and indirect tensile strength by 2.3, 7, and 2 times as compare to batch 1, respectively. Moreover, the impact resistance of fiber reinforced concrete has increase by 7 times as compared to non-fiber concretes. Moreover, the impact resistance of fiber reinforced concrete consistently gave better results as compared to non-fiber concretes. The fiber reinforced concrete turned more ductile as the dosage of fibers was increased and ductility started to decrease slightly after optimum fiber dosage was reached. It was found that concrete with combination of 2% steel and 0.2% drink cans fibers showed the highest compressive, split tensile, flexural as well as impact strength.    

Statistical micromechanical damage model for SH-SFRC under tensile load considering the interfacial slip-softening and matrix spalling effects

2021 ◽  
pp. 105678952110112
Author(s):  
Hehua Zhu ◽  
Xiangyang Wei ◽  
J Woody Ju ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
Zhiguo Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Interfacial Slip ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Micromechanical Damage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Micromechanical Damage Model

Strain hardening behavior can be observed in steel fiber reinforced concretes under tensile loads. In this paper, a statistical micromechanical damage framework is presented for the strain hardening steel fiber reinforced concrete (SH-SFRC) considering the interfacial slip-softening and matrix spalling effects. With a linear slip-softening interface law, an analytical model is developed for the single steel fiber pullout behavior. The crack bridging effects are reached by averaging the contribution of the fibers with different inclined angles. Afterwards, the traditional snubbing factor is modified by considering the fiber snubbing and the matrix spalling effects. By adopting the Weibull distribution, a statistical micromechanical damage model is established with the fracture mechanics based cracking criteria and the stress transfer distance. The comparison with the experimental results demonstrates that the proposed framework is capable of reproducing the SH-SFRC’s uniaxial tensile behavior well. Moreover, the impact of the interfacial slip-softening and matrix spalling effects are further discussed with the presented framework.

scholarly journals Predicting the behavior of reinforced concrete columns confined by fiber reinforced polymers using data mining techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Y. Ghanem ◽  
Heba Elgazzar
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Compressive Stress ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Concrete Columns ◽  
Steel Reinforcement ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
The Impact

AbstractFiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) usage to wrap reinforced concrete (RC) structures has become a popular technology. Most studies about RC columns wrapped with FRP in literature ignored the internal steel reinforcement. This paper aims to develop a model for the axial compressive strength and axial strain for FRP confined concrete columns with internal steel reinforcement. The impact of FRP, Transverse, and longitudinal reinforcement is studied. Two non-destructive analysis methods are explored: Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Regression Analysis (RA). The database used in the analysis contains the experimental results of sixty-four concrete columns under the compressive concentric load available in the literature. The results show that both models can predict the column's compressive stress and strain reasonably with low error and high accuracy. FRP has the highest effect on the confined compressive stress and strain compared to other materials. While the longitudinal steel actively contributes to the compressive strength, and the transverse steel actively contributes to the compressive strain.

scholarly journals Warpage Reduction of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Using Microcellular Foaming Process Applied Injection Molding

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun Kim ◽  
Joo Sohn ◽  
Youngjae Ryu ◽  
Shin Kim ◽  
Sung Cha
Keyword(s):  
Injection Molding ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Fiber Orientation ◽  
Mechanical And Thermal Properties ◽  
Micro Ct ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Foaming Process ◽  
Microcellular Foaming ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
The Impact

This study analyzes the fundamental principles and characteristics of the microcellular foaming process (MCP) to minimize warpage in glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP), which is typically worse than that of a solid polymer. In order to confirm the tendency for warpage and the improvement of this phenomenon according to the glass fiber content (GFC), two factors associated with the reduction of the shrinkage difference and the non-directionalized fiber orientation were set as variables. The shrinkage was measured in the flow direction and transverse direction, and it was confirmed that the shrinkage difference between these two directions is the cause of warpage of GFRP specimens. In addition, by applying the MCP to injection molding, it was confirmed that warpage was improved by reducing the shrinkage difference. To further confirm these results, the effects of cell formation on shrinkage and fiber orientation were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, micro-CT observation, and cell morphology analysis. The micro-CT observations revealed that the fiber orientation was non-directional for the MCP. Moreover, it was determined that the mechanical and thermal properties were improved, based on measurements of the impact strength, tensile strength, flexural strength, and deflection temperature for the MCP.

Concrete and Fiber Reinforced Concrete Subjected to Impact Loading

1985 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surendra P. Shah
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Basic Material ◽  
Strain History ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTDespite its extensive use, low tensile strength has been recognized as one of the major drawbacks of concrete. Although one has learned to avoid exposing concrete structures to adverse static tensile load, these cannot be shielded from short duration dynamic tensile stresses. Such loads originate from sources such as impact from missiles and projectiles, wind gusts, earthquakes and machine vibrations. The need to accurately predict the structural response and reserve capacity under such loading has led to an interest in the mechanical properties of the component materials at high rates of straining.One method to improve the resistance of concrete when subjected to impact and/or impulsive loading is by the incorporation of randomly distributed short fibers. Concrete (or Mortar) so reinforced is termed fiber reinforced concrete (FRC). Moderate increase in tensile strength and significant increases in energy absorption (toughness or impact-resistance) have been reported by several investigators in static tests on concrete reinforced with randomly distributed short steel fibers. A theoretical model to predict fracture toughness of FRC is proposed. This model is based on the concept of nonlinear elastic fracture mechanics.As yet no standard test methods are available to quantify the impact resistance of such composites, although several investigators have employed a variety of tests including drop weight, swinging pendulums and the detonation of explosives. These tests though useful in ascertaining the relative merits of different composites do not yield basic material characteristics which can be used for design.The author has recently developed an instrumented Charpy type of impact test to obtain basic information such as load-deflection relationship, fracture toughness, crack velocity and load-strain history during an impact event. From this information, a damage based constitutive model was proposed. Relative improvements in performance due to the addition of fibers as observed in the instrumented tests are also compared with other conventional methods.

Improving the impact resistance of concrete panels by glass fiber reinforced polymer sheets

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed MA Abdel-Kader ◽  
Ahmed Fouda
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Plain Concrete ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Concrete Panels ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Polymer Sheets ◽  
The Impact

In this article, the response of 12 plain concrete specimens to an impact of hard projectiles was examined in an experimental study. The tests were planned with an aim to observe the influence of using glass fiber reinforced polymer sheets to strengthen plain concrete panels on the performance of concrete under this type of loading. The main findings show that strengthening plain concrete panels with glass fiber reinforced polymer sheets showed satisfactory performance under the impact load; the glass fiber reinforced polymer sheets can be used for strengthening or upgrading concrete structures to improve their resistance against impact. Also, the location of the glass fiber reinforced polymer sheet affects the front and rear face craters.

Directly bonded single lap joints of SiCp/AA2124 composite with glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene: Hole drilling effects on lap shear strength and out-of-plane impact response

2021 ◽  
pp. 002199832110316
Author(s):  
Nahit Öztoprak
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Matrix Composite ◽  
Lap Joints ◽  
Hole Drilling ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Single Lap Joints ◽  
Lap Shear ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
The Impact

Joining dissimilar materials to achieve lightweight design and energy efficiency has been increasingly popular. A joint formed by components of particle-reinforced metal and polymer matrix composite combines the merits of both materials. This paper is mainly focused on the research of the tensile lap shear and impact behavior of the dissimilar single-lap joints (SLJs) between SiCp/AA2124 composite and glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP). The effects of out-of-plane loading applied from different surfaces of SLJs on impact responses are evaluated. Hot pressing technique is introduced to manufacture metal/polymer assembly without using any adhesive. The hole drilling effect is investigated with the idea that it may provide weight reduction and also increase the strength of the dissimilar SLJs. The results indicate that the dissimilar SLJs show more Charpy impact strength when the impact is performed on the metal-matrix composite (MMC). Mechanical properties of SLJs are adversely affected by a drilled hole in the MMC adherend.

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