scholarly journals INVESTIGATION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RUBBERIZED STEEL FIBER CONCRETE

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Tareq NOAMAN ◽  
Badorul Hisham ABU BAKAR ◽  
Hazizan MD. AKIL

Researchers investigated the utilization of crumb rubber aggregate recycled from waste tire in concrete to solve the problem of discarded tire and to produce a green sustainable concrete. However, a reduction in the mechanical properties due to crumb rubber inclusion occurs. Steel fiber rubberized concrete used in this study to provide a balance between the strength loss and sustainable issue. An investigation on the mechanical properties of rubberized concrete combined with hooked – end steel fiber is presented. Rubberized concrete with different replacement ratios of crumb rubber was incorporated in plain and steel fiber concrete mixes via partial replacement of fine aggregate. Four replacement ratios (17.5%, 20%, 22.5%, and 25%) were used to investigate the effect of the partial replacement of fine aggregate by crumb rubber on the mechanical properties of plain and steel fiber concrete. In both mixes, reduction in mechanical properties was observed to be proportionate with the increment of crumb rubber. Finally, a successful combination of steel fiber and crumb rubber was obtained due to improvement of strain capacity under flexural loading.

2015 ◽  
Vol 802 ◽  
pp. 196-201
Author(s):  
Ahmed Tareq Noaman ◽  
Badorul Hisham Abu Bakar ◽  
Hazizan Md. Akil

This paper presents the impact energy of steel fiber concrete beams at first crack and failure with different replacement ratios of crumb rubber. The test was carried out using simple low velocity drop weight test rig for both normal concrete (NC) and steel fiber concrete (SFC). The crumb rubber with particle size of 1 – 2 mm was added with replacement ratios of 5%, 15%, and 25% by volume of fine aggregate. Six batches consisting of 6 beams (100x100x500 mm) containing 0.5% of hooked end steel fibers were tested under impact load in accordance with ACI Committee 544. The specimens were tested at the age 90 days after curing in water. The results show a reduction in the compressive strength for both NC and SFC with the incorporation of crumb rubber with greater reduction at higher crumb rubber content. However, the measured impact energy for both NC and SFC was foundincreasing with the crumb rubber replacement.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Bušić ◽  
Mirta Benšić ◽  
Ivana Miličević ◽  
Kristina Strukar

The paper aims to investigate the influence of waste tire rubber and silica fume on the fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC) and to design multivariate regression models for the prediction of the mechanical properties of self-compacting rubberized concrete (SCRC). For this purpose, 21 concrete mixtures were designed. Crumb rubber derived from end-of-life tires (grain size 0.5–3.5 mm) was replaced fine aggregate by 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30% of total aggregate volume. Silica fume was replaced cement by 0%, 5%, and 10% of the total cement mass. The optimal replacement level of both materials was investigated in relation to the values of the fresh properties and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete. Tests on fresh and hardened self-compacting concrete were performed according to the relevant European standards. Furthermore, models for predicting the values of the compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, and flexural strength of SCRC were designed and verified with the experimental results of 12 other studies. According to the obtained results, mixtures with up to 15% of recycled rubber and 5% of silica fume, with 28 days compressive strength above 30 MPa, were found to be optimal mixtures for the potential future investigation of reinforced self-compacting rubberized concrete structural elements.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 5761-5765

With an objective of saving the environment by providing crumb rubber as an alternative to natural fine aggregate this paper presents a study carried out to find the mechanical properties of rubberized concrete. Rubberized concrete is made up of waste rubber from vehicle tyres and other rubber waste which otherwise is left out polluting the environment. In this paper, 7.5% of crumb rubber (obtained by shredding the vehicle tyres) as an alternative to fine aggregate and 7.5% of fly-ash as an alternative to cement is added with other ingredients of concrete to produce an eco-friendly concrete which can be used economically and effectively for construction along the coastal areas. Various properties like workability, compressive strength, split tensile strength, and flexural strength was carried out on concrete specimens exposed to the natural marine environment along the coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The total exposure of concrete specimen was about 150 days, and various specimens were tested at 7, 28, 90, 120 and 150 days, respectively. The test results showed that with a slight compromise in strength, the workability of concrete and resistance to the effect of seawater on the strength of concrete significantly improved with the addition of crumb rubber and fly-ash.


2018 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 02003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakir Salih ◽  
Qais Frayyeh ◽  
Manolia Ali

Slurry infiltrated fiber concrete (SIFCON) is one of the recently developed construction material. SIFCON could be considered as a special type of fiber concrete with high fiber content. The matrix of SIFCON consists of flowing cement mortar or cement slurry. SIFCON has a very good potential for application in area where resistance to impact and high ductility are needed especially in designing the seismic retrofit, in the structures under impact and explosive effects and repair of structural reinforced concrete element. The main objective of this paper is to determine the effect of steel fiber content and silica fume (SF) cement replacement on the mechanical properties of SIFCON concrete. The percentage of SF replacement was 10% by weight of cement in SIFCON slurry, and three different volume fractions of hooked ended steel fiber (6, 8.5, and 11) % were used. The tested properties of SIFCON were compressive strength and splitting tensile strength which were carried out on standard size of cubes and cylinders respectively at the age of 7and 28 days. It was observed that the mechanical properties of SIFCON were affected in a positive manner by using silica fume as a partial replacement of cement and by adding steel fiber reinforcement in different percentages. The compressive and splitting tensile strength up to 83.7 MPa and 17.3MPa, respectively were obtained at the age of 28 days.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3669
Author(s):  
Chunyu Zhang ◽  
Yikai Sun ◽  
Jianguo Xu ◽  
Bo Wang

This work addresses how vibration stirring, steel-fiber volume ratio, and matrix strength affect the mechanical properties of steel-fiber-reinforced concrete. The goal of the work is to improve the homogeneity of steel-fiber-reinforced concrete, which is done by comparing the mechanical properties of steel-fiber-reinforced concrete fabricated by ordinary stirring with that fabricated by vibration stirring. The results show that the mechanical properties of steel-fiber-reinforced concrete produced by vibration mixing are better than those produced by ordinary mixing. The general trend is that the mechanical properties of steel-fiber concrete have a linear relationship with the matrix strength and the volume ratio of steel fiber. The best mechanical properties are obtained for a steel-fiber volume ratio of less than 1%. We have also established calculation models for the mechanical performance index of vibration, mixing steel-fiber concrete based on the test results. Microscopic studies show that vibration stirring optimizes the microstructure of the transition zone between the concrete interface and the slurry, and improves the homogeneity of the steel-fiber-reinforced concrete, and enhances the adhesion between the mixture components.


2013 ◽  
Vol 706-708 ◽  
pp. 535-538
Author(s):  
Qi Sheng Wang ◽  
Guo Xiang Wan ◽  
Qin Rong Chen

Mechanical properties of steel fiber concrete under dynamic load had been obtained through dynamic loading experiments of steel fiber concrete in different volume ratios. The experimental results indicate that the dynamic load strength of steel fiber concrete is obviously more than the static load strength, the dynamic load strength increases with the increasing of the steel fiber volume ratio; and the effect of variable strain rate is obvious. When the strain is at 0 ~ 0.01 or smaller, the toughness index of plain concrete is slightly more than steel fiber concrete; the strain exceeded 0.01, the toughness of steel fiber concrete has improved greatly with the increase of the strain. When the strain rate is smaller, the elastic modulus changes little, and once the strain rate is more than 60 per second, the elastic modulus there is the more amplitude with the increase of strain rate.


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