scholarly journals Basic Mechanical Properties of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaxin Liu ◽  
Jianwei Yang ◽  
Xiangqing Kong ◽  
Xuxu Xue

In order to study the basic mechanical properties of basalt fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete, the concrete mix ratio, the length and the volume mixing ratio of chopped basalt fiber yarn are designed for changing factors. A total of 324 specimens have been completed for this investigation. The compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, elastic modulus and axial compressive strength of basalt fiber recycled concrete have carried on the experimental study and theoretical analysis as 81 specimens, respectively. In all specimens, coarse aggregate were replaced by recycled aggregate with a replacement rate of 100%. Experimental results show that the failure process and failure pattern of basalt fiber recycled concrete and ordinary concrete are similar; With the improvement of concrete strength grade; When the volume mixing ratio of chopped basalt fiber yarn is 0.2%, the mechanic performance can effectively improve, and the length of chopped basalt fiber has less effect on the mechanical indexes; The conversion relation between common concrete mechanics index is no longer suitable for basalt fiber recycled concrete, new conversion formulas for basalt fiber recycled concrete between the mechanics index were presented through fitting experimental data.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gai-Fei Peng ◽  
Yan-Zhu Huang ◽  
Hai-Sheng Wang ◽  
Jiu-Feng Zhang ◽  
Qi-Bing Liu

This paper presents an experimental research on mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) at low and high water/binder (W/B) ratios. Concrete at two W/B ratios (0.255 and 0.586) was broken into recycled concrete aggregates (RCA). A type of thermal treatment was employed to remove mortar attached to RCA. The RAC at a certain (low or high) W/B ratio was prepared with RCA made from demolished concrete of the same W/B ratio. Tests were conducted on aggregate to measure water absorption and crushing values and on both RAC and natural aggregate concrete (NAC) to measure compressive strength, tensile splitting strength, and fracture energy. The mechanical properties of RAC were lower than those of NAC at an identical mix proportion. Moreover, the heating process caused a decrease in compressive strength and fracture energy in the case of low W/B ratio but caused an increase in those properties in the case of high W/B ratio. The main type of flaw in RCA from concrete at a low W/B ratio should be microcracks in gravel, and the main type of flaw in RCA from concrete at a high W/B ratio should be attached mortar.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxin Wu ◽  
Jinghai Zhou ◽  
Tianbei Kang ◽  
Fengchi Wang ◽  
Xiangqun Ding ◽  
...  

This paper aims to study the effectiveness of adding waste polypropylene fibers into recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) on shrinkage cracking. The influences of fiber properties (length and content) on the shrinkage performance of RAC are investigated. Firstly, through the plat-ring-type shrinkage test and free shrinkage test, both of the early age and long-term shrinkage performance of waste fiber recycled concrete (WFRC) were measured. Then, X-ray industrial computed tomography (ICT) was carried out to reflect the internal porosity changes of RAC with different lengths and contents of fibers. Furthermore, the compressive strength and flexural strength tests are conducted to evaluate the mechanical performance. The test results indicated that the addition of waste fibers played an important role in improving the crack resistance performance of the investigated RAC specimens as well as controlling their shrinkage behaviour. The initial cracking time, amount and width of cracks and shrinkage rate of fiber-reinforced specimens were better than those of the non-fiber-reinforced specimen. The addition of waste fibers at a small volume fraction in recycled concrete had not obviously changed the porosity, but it changed the law of pore size distribution. Meanwhile, the addition of waste fibers had no significant effect on the compressive strength of RAC, but it enhanced the flexural strength by 43%. The specimens reinforced by 19-mm and 0.12% (volume fraction) waste fibers had the optimal performance of cracking resistance.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2323
Author(s):  
Yubing Du ◽  
Zhiqing Zhao ◽  
Qiang Xiao ◽  
Feiting Shi ◽  
Jianming Yang ◽  
...  

To explore the basic mechanical properties and size effects of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) with different substitution ratios of coarse recycled concrete aggregates (CRCAs) to replace natural coarse aggregates (NCA), the failure modes and mechanical parameters of RAC under different loading conditions including compression, splitting tensile resistance and direct shear were compared and analyzed. The conclusions drawn are as follows: the failure mechanisms of concrete with different substitution ratios of CRCAs are similar; with the increase in substitution ratio, the peak compressive stress and peak tensile stress of RAC decrease gradually, the splitting limit displacement decreases, and the splitting tensile modulus slightly increases; with the increase in the concrete cube’s side length, the peak compressive stress of RAC declines gradually, but the integrity after compression is gradually improved; and the increase in the substitution ratio of the recycled aggregate reduces the impact of the size effect on the peak compressive stress of RAC. Furthermore, an influence equation of the coupling effect of the substitution ratio and size effect on the peak compressive stress of RAC was quantitatively established. The research results are of great significance for the engineering application of RAC and the strength selection of RAC structure design.


2013 ◽  
Vol 438-439 ◽  
pp. 749-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Hao ◽  
Dong Li

By the experimental studying on the basic mechanical properties of recycled concrete hollow block masonry, the compressive and shear behavior of recycled aggregate concrete hollow block masonry under different mortar strength were analyzed. Research indicated that the compressive and shear behavior of recycled aggregate concrete hollow block masonry was similar to that of ordinary concrete hollow block masonry. The normal formula was recommended to calculate the compressive strength of the masonry. The shear strength of the masonry was affected by the mortar strength. The shear strength calculation formula of recycled concrete hollow block masonry was proposed according to the formula of masonry design code. The calculating results were in good agreement with the test results.


2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 1277-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Yong Cai ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Ling Bo Dang

Compressive strengths of recycled aggregate concrete(RAC) with different recycled aggregates(RA) replacement ratios at 7d, 28d, 60d ages are investigated respectively. Failure process and failure mode of RAC are analyzed, influences on compressive strength with same mix ratio and different RA replacement ratios are analyzed, and the reason is investigated in this paper. The experimental results indicate that compressive strength of recycled concrete at 28d age can reach the standard generally, it is feasible to mix concrete with recycled aggregates, compressive strength with 50% replacement ratio is relatively high.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 1950013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Ying ◽  
Yijiang Peng ◽  
Hongming Yang

In this paper, the base force element method (BFEM) for dynamic damage problems is proposed. And the BFEM model was applied to investigate the dynamic mechanical behavior of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). Any convex polygon recycled aggregate was simulated. A constitutive relationship of dynamic damage was given. The compression test under dynamic loadings on the recycled concrete specimen was simulated. The stress–strain softening curve, variation law of dynamic enhancement coefficient and the damage pattern were researched under different strain rates. The dynamic properties of recycled concrete materials at high strain rate are also studied. The effect of different aggregate distribution on the mechanical properties of concrete was studied. The results of dynamic calculation of recycled concrete materials by this method are compared with the experimental results. The numerical simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results. The comparative analysis on the dynamic mechanical properties of RAC and natural aggregate concrete (NAC) was also studied. The results show that the BFEM can be used to analyze the dynamic mechanical properties of RAC and NAC under high strain rate, and can be used for large-scale engineering calculations.


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