scholarly journals Modeling of Bridging Law for Bundled Aramid Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composite and its Adaptability in Crack Width Evaluation

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Daiki Sunaga ◽  
Takumi Koba ◽  
Toshiyuki Kanakubo
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Orientation ◽  
Crack Width ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Characteristic Point ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Aramid Fiber ◽  
Cementitious Composite ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bridging Law

Tensile performance of fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (FRCC) after first cracking is characterized by fiber-bridging stress–crack width relationships called bridging law. The bridging law can be calculated by an integral calculus of forces carried by individual fibers, considering the fiber orientation. The objective of this study was to propose a simplified model of bridging law for bundled aramid fiber, considering fiber orientation for the practical use. By using the pullout characteristic of bundled aramid fiber obtained in the previous study, the bridging laws were calculated for various cases of fiber orientation. The calculated results were expressed by a bilinear model, and each characteristic point is expressed by the function of fiber-orientation intensity. After that, uniaxial tension tests of steel reinforced aramid-FRCC prism specimens were conducted to obtain the crack-opening behavior and confirm the adaptability of the modeled bridging laws in crack-width evaluation. The experimental parameters are cross-sectional dimensions of specimens and volume fraction of fiber. The test results are compared with the theoretical curves calculated by using the modeled bridging law and show good agreements in each parameter.

scholarly journals Pullout Behavior of Bundled Aramid Fiber in Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composite

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Kanakubo ◽  
Saki Echizen ◽  
Jin Wang ◽  
Yu Mu
Keyword(s):  
Crack Width ◽  
Maximum Load ◽  
Aramid Fiber ◽  
Matrix Cracking ◽  
Cementitious Composite ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Integral Calculus ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Pullout Load ◽  
Bridging Law

The tensile performance of fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (FRCC) after first matrix cracking is characterized by a tensile stress–crack width relationship called the bridging law. The bridging law can be obtained by an integral calculus of forces carried by individual bridging fibers considering the effect of the fiber inclination angle. The main objective of this study is to investigate experimentally and evaluate the pullout behavior of a single aramid fiber, which is made with a bundling of original yarns of aramid fiber. The bundled aramid fiber has a nonsmooth surface, and it is expected to have good bond performance with the matrix. The test variables in the pullout test are the thickness of the matrix and the inclined angle of the fiber. From the test results, the pullout load–slip curves showed that the load increases lineally until maximum load, after which it decreases gradually. The maximum pullout load and slip at the maximum load increase as the embedded length of the fiber becomes larger. The pullout load–crack width relationship is modeled by a bilinear model, and the bridging law is calculated. The calculated result shows good agreement with the experimental curves obtained by the uniaxial tension test of aramid–FRCC.

Chloride Ion Penetrability of HPFRCC after Loading

2014 ◽  
Vol 507 ◽  
pp. 242-244
Author(s):  
Kyung Joon Shin
Keyword(s):  
Crack Width ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Chloride Ion ◽  
Cementitious Composite ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
High Performance Fiber ◽  
Inherent Problem ◽  
Durability Performance

Cracking is one of the most important factors in the serviceability as well as durability performance of concrete structures. Recently, it was recognized that a high performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (HPFRCC) provides a possible solution to this inherent problem of cracking by smearing one or several dominant cracks into many distributed microcracks. The purpose of the present study is to explore the ductility characteristics of HPFRCC. The permeability of HPFRCC after subjected to different load levels were measured to identify the effect of reduced cracking among the mixtures. It was confined that the permeability of proposed mixtures was lower than that without microfibers. This means that the proposed materials can reduce the crack width greatly at the same applied loads

scholarly journals Tribological behavior of short-cut aramid fiber reinforced SBR elastomers: the effect of fiber orientation

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 3700-3711 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Khafidh ◽  
◽  
D.J. Schipper ◽  
M.A. Masen ◽  
N. Vleugels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Orientation ◽  
Tribological Behavior ◽  
Aramid Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced

scholarly journals Effect of PVA fiber on durability of cementitious composite containing nano-SiO2

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Qing-fu Li ◽  
Juan Wang ◽  
Yan Shi ◽  
Yi-feng Ling
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fiber Content ◽  
Nano Particles ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Cementitious Composite ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Cracking Resistance ◽  
Carbonation Resistance ◽  
Pva Fiber

Abstract In the current investigation, the influence of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers on flowability and durability of cementitious composite containing fly ash and nano-SiO2 was evaluated. PVA fibers were added into the composite at a volume fraction of 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.9%, and 1.2%. The flowability of the fresh cementitious composite was assessed using slump flow. The durability of cementitious composite includes carbonation resistance, permeability resistance, cracking resistance as well as freezing-thawing resistance, which were evaluated by the depth of carbonation, the water permeability height, cracking resistance ratio of the specimens, and relative dynamic elastic modulus of samples after freeze-thaw cycles, respectively. The results indicated that addition of PVA fibers had a little disadvantageous influence on flowability of cementitious composite, and the flowability of the fresh mixtures decreased with increases in PVA fiber content. Incorporation of PVA fibers significantly improved the durability of cementitious composites regardless of addition of nano-particles. When the fiber content was less than 1.2%, the durability indices of permeability resistance and cracking resistance increased with fiber content. However, the durability indices of carbonation resistance and freezing-thawing resistance began to decrease as the fiber dosage increased from 0.9% to 1.2%. The fiber reinforced cementitious composite exhibited better durability due to addition of nano-SiO2 particles. Nano-SiO2 particle improves microscopic structure of fiber reinforced cementitious composites, and the nano-particles are beneficial for PVA fibers to play the role of reinforcement in cementitious composites.

scholarly journals Compressive Behavior Characteristics of High-Performance Slurry-Infiltrated Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites (SIFRCCs) under Uniaxial Compressive Stress

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungwon Kim ◽  
Seungyeon Han ◽  
Cheolwoo Park ◽  
Kyong-Ku Yun
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Compressive Stress ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Cementitious Composite ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Fiber Volume ◽  
Behavior Characteristics

The compressive stress of concrete is used as a design variable for reinforced concrete structures in design standards. However, as the performance-based design is being used with increasing varieties and strengths of concrete and reinforcement bars, mechanical properties other than the compressive stress of concrete are sometimes used as major design variables. In particular, the evaluation of the mechanical properties of concrete is crucial when using fiber-reinforced concrete. Studies of high volume fractions in established compressive behavior prediction equations are insufficient compared to studies of conventional fiber-reinforced concrete. Furthermore, existing prediction equations for the mechanical properties of high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composite and high-strength concrete have limitations in terms of the strength and characteristics of contained fibers (diameter, length, volume fraction) even though the stress-strain relationship is determined by these factors. Therefore, this study developed a high-performance slurry-infiltrated fiber-reinforced cementitious composite that could prevent the fiber ball phenomenon, a disadvantage of conventional fiber-reinforced concrete, and maximize the fiber volume fraction. Then, the behavior characteristics under compressive stress were analyzed for fiber volume fractions of 4%, 5%, and 6%.

scholarly journals A Stochastic Homogenized Peridynamic Model for Intraply Fracture in Fiber-Reinforced Composites

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Mehrmashhadi ◽  
Ziguang Chen ◽  
Jiangming Zhao ◽  
Florin Bobaru
Keyword(s):  
Failure Modes ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Fiber Volume ◽  
Peridynamic Model ◽  
Loading Case

The quasi-static transverse fracture behavior in unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs) is investigated using a new intermediately-homogenized peridynamic (IH-PD) model and a fully homogenized peridynamic (FH-PD) model. The novelty in the IH-PD model here is accounting for the topology of the fiber-phase in the transverse sample loading via a calibration to the Halpin-Tsai model. Both models can capture well the measured load-displacement behavior observed experimentally for intraply fracture, without the need for an explicit representation of microstructure geometry of the FRC. The IH-PD model, however, is more accurate and produces crack path tortuosity as well as a non-monotonic load-crack-opening softening curve, similar to what is observed experimentally. These benefits come from the preservation of some micro-scale heterogeneity, stochastically generated in the IH-PD model to match the composite’s fiber volume fraction, while its computational cost is equivalent to that of an FH-PD model. We also present a three-point bending transverse loading case in which the two models lead to dramatically different failure modes: the FH-PD model shows that failure always starts from the off-center pre-notch, while the IH-PD model, when the pre-notch is sufficiently off-center, finds that the composite fails from the center of the sample, not from the pre-notch. Experiments that can confirm these findings are sought.

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