Effects of Two Polypropylene Fibers on the Properties of High Strength Concrete

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1328-1331
Author(s):  
Bai Rui Zhou ◽  
Dong Dong Han ◽  
Jian Hua Yang ◽  
Yi Liang Peng ◽  
Guo Xin Li

Portland cement, crushed stone, sand and superplasticizer were used to obtain a high strength concrete with a low water to binder ratio. A reticular polypropylene fiber and a single polypropylene fiber were used to improve the strength of the high strength concrete, but the effects of the two fibers on the slump and strengths were quite different. The reasons of the differences were the surface area and the modulus of elasticity of the fibers. The results show the reticular fiber was better to used in high strength concretes.

2020 ◽  
Vol 402 ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muttaqin Hasan ◽  
Aulia Desri Datok Riski ◽  
Taufiq Saidi ◽  
Husaini ◽  
Putroe Nadhilah Rahman

This paper presents the flexural and splitting tensile strength of high strength concrete (HSC) with diatomite micro particles (DMP) as a mineral additive. In order to have micro particles, the diatomite from Aceh Besar District was ground and sieved with sieve size of 250 mm. The particles were then calcined at the temperature of 600 °C for 5 hours. Four mixtures were designed with different DMP to binder ratio (DMP/b). The ratio was 0%, 5%, 10% and 15%, and the water to binder ratio was 0.3. Four beam specimens with a size of 10 cm × 10 cm × 40 cm and four cylinder-specimens with 10 cm diameter and 20 cm high were prepared for each mixture. Flexural and splitting tensile tests were conducted based on ASTM C78 and ASTM C496/496M. The maximum flexural strength was reached at DMP/b of 5% while the maximum splitting tensile strength was reached at DMP/b of 0%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ferhad Rahim Karim

The demand for the construction of high-strength concrete in the civil engineering zone is growing, particularly in the last couple of years, due to the construction of sustainable and economic buildings with an extraordinary slim design. Concrete curing in construction is an operative manner and essential to provide that concrete structures meet future performance and durability. High-strength concrete has a low water-to-binder ratio; proper concrete curing is important to ensure its planned performance and durability. Conventionally, exterior curing applied after placing and casting concrete stays warm and moist to provide continued cement hydration. Lately, theoretically and experimentally comprehends that internal curing is an important tool to provide additional moisture in the concrete to enhance cement's hydration. Internal curing of high-strength concrete is an active technique to lessen or even remove autogenous shrinkage and effects on chemical shrinkage, dry shrinkage, etc. Most studies recently have emphasized that a reduction in high strength concrete mixtures' shrinkage is due to internal curing, and the compressive strength can increase higher in mixtures with LWA or SAP than in mixtures without this agent rising degree of hydration by providing extra water in the hydrated cement paste. However, the use of internal curing leads to improving the durability of high-strength concrete.


Author(s):  
Г.Д. Ляхевич ◽  
В.А. Гречухин ◽  
С. Мотамеди

Целью настоящего исследования является исследование влияния полипропиленовых волокон, вводимых в бетонную смесь, на прочностные характеристики и снижение эффекта взрывного откалывания в бетоне, при повышении температуры. Полипропиленовая фибраобразует в бетоне трехмерный армирующий каркас, который воспринимает растягивающие усилия. Ее применение повышает долговечность, снижает истираемость поверхности, повышает ударную вязкость, устраняет усадку, предупреждает образование трещин, повышает морозостойкость. Для приготовления бетонной смеси использовали следующие компоненты: цемент марки М-500, песок кварцевый, щебень, микрокремнезем, суперпластификатор, вода, полипропиленовая фибра. Водоцементное отношение в испытании составило от 0,23 до 0,32. С целью изучения влияния температуры на прочностные характеристики высокопрочного бетона приготовили 16 составов бетонной смеси. Образцы нагревали до температуры 800 °С при скорости нагрева около 20 °С в минуту. После достижения данной температуры образцы в течение 24 часов медленно остывали до комнатной температуры, после чего измерялось снижение их массы и остаточное сопротивление на сжатие. При нагревании образцов в интервале температур от 160 °С до 180 °С в бетоне с ППВ происходит образование каналов, по которым при дальнейшем нагревании выходит пар. Испытания показали, что в образцах с полипропиленовым волокном (ППВ) не наблюдается эффекта взрывного откалывания. Полипропиленовые волокна уменьшают потерю сопротивления, и устраняют хрупкое разрушение. В исследовании изучено влияние длины и количества ППВ на прочность бетона на сжатие. Использование полипропиленовых волокон повышает огнестойкость и хрупкость высокопрочного бетона, способствует его вязкому разрушению. Образцы бетона без ППВ после нагружения полностью разрушились, тогда, как образцы бетона с ППВ при аналогичной нагрузке сохранили свою геометрию. Введение волокна в высокопрочный бетон способствует повышению прочности на сжатие и термостойкости образцов. После расплавления волокон, образовались капилляры, через которые пар может выйти из массива бетона, предотвращая, таким образом, взрывное откалывание бетона. The purpose of this study is to study the effect of poly-propylene fibers introduced into the concrete mix on the strength characteristics and reduction of the effect of explosive chipping in concrete when the temperature increases. Polypropylene fiber forms a three-dimensional reinforcing frame in concrete that accepts tensile forces. Its use increases durability, reduces surface abrasion, increases impact strength, eliminates shrinkage, prevents the formation of cracks, and increases frost resistance. The following components were used to prepare the concrete mix: M-500 cement, quartz sand, crushed stone, microsilicon, superplasticizer, water, polypropylene fiber. The water-cement ratio in the test was from 0.23 to 0.32. In order to study the effect of temperature on the strength characteristics of high-strength concrete, 16 concrete mix compositions were prepared. The samples were heated to a temperature of 800 °C at a heating rate of about 20 °C per minute. After reaching this temperature, the samples were slowly cooled to room temperature for 24 hours, after which the decrease in their mass and residual compressive resistance were measured. When samples are heated in the temperature range from 160 °C to 180 °C in concrete with PPV, channels are formed through which steam escapes during further heating. Tests have shown that there is no explosive chipping effect in samples with polypropylene fiber (PPV). Polypropylene fibers reduce the loss of resistance, and eliminate brittle fracture. The study examined the effect of the length and amount of PPV on the compressive strength of concrete. The use of polypropylene fibers increases the fire resistance and brittleness of high-strength concrete, contributes to its viscous destruction. Samples of concrete without PPV after loading completely collapsed, while samples of concrete with PPV under a similar load retained their geometry. The introduction of fiber into high-strength concrete increases the compressive strength and heat resistance of samples. After melting the concrete, capillaries were formed through which steam can escape from the concrete mass, thus preventing explosive chipping of the concrete.


2013 ◽  
Vol 753-755 ◽  
pp. 576-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Lian ◽  
Yun Fei Zhang ◽  
Jiang Tao Xin ◽  
Jian Hua Yang ◽  
Guo Xin Li

Portland cement, crushed stone, sand and superplasticizer were used to obtain a high strength concrete with a low water to binder ratio. Three steel fibers such as waste steel wire, corrugated steel fiber and arch steel fiber were added into the high strength concrete. The effects of the three fibers on the slump and the strengths such as compressive strength, tensile strength and bending strength were researched. The reduction of the slump and the increasing of the strength of the concrete with the arch steel fiber were the most significant due to the highest length-diameter ratio.


Author(s):  
Barış Şimşek ◽  
Emir Hüseyin Şimşek

This paper proposes a Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based Genetic Algorithm (GA) using MATLAB® to assess and optimize the thermal and fluidity of high strength concrete (HSC). The overall heat transfer coefficient, slump-spread flow and T50 time was defined as thermal and fluidity properties of high strength concrete. In addition to above mentioned properties, a 28-day compressive strength of HSC was also determined. Water to binder ratio, fine aggregate to total aggregate ratio and the percentage of super-plasticizer content was determined as effective factors on thermal and fluidity properties of HSC. GA based multi-objective optimization method was carried out by obtaining quadratic models using RSM. Having excessive or low ratio of water to binder provides lower overall heat transfer coefficient. Moreover, T50 time of high strength concrete decreased with the increasing of water to binder ratio and the percentage of superplasticizer content. Results show that RSM based GA is effective in determining optimal mixture ratios of HSC.


2012 ◽  
Vol 509 ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Zhong He Shui ◽  
Jun Jie Zeng ◽  
Yang Liao ◽  
Zheng Leng

Concrete with a compressive strength of 100MPa was produced with metakaolin(MK), and the effect of MK replacement levels on compressive strength of concrete with a water to binder ratio of 0.25 was studied in this paper. XRD, microhardness tests, SEM and MIP were used to investigate the influences of MK on the phase composition, microhardness of interfacial transition zone(ITZ), microstructural morphology and pore structure of the high-strength concrete (HSC). The results showed that the incorporation of MK promoted the hydration process and decreased the amount of Ca(OH)2 crystals. Furthermore, MK increased the ITZ microhardness of HSC, enhanced the hydrates and improved the bond performance of aggregate and paste. The weak zone between aggregate and paste became almost disappeared when 10% MK was blended. Meanwhile, refinement of the concrete pore structure was obtained in the presence of MK. The improvement of strength and microstructure became more obvious as the MK replacement level increased to 15%.


2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 1655-1660
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Bo Diao ◽  
Xiao Ning Zheng ◽  
Yan Dong Li

The mechanical properties of high strength concrete(HSC) were experimentally investigated under mixed erosion and freeze-thaw cycling according to ASTM C666(Procedure B), the erosion solution was mixed by weight of 3% sodium chloride and 5% sodium sulfate. The mass loss, relative dynamic modulus of elasticity, compressive strength, elastic modulus and other relative data were measured. The results showed that with the increasing number of freeze-thaw cycles, the surface scaled more seriously; the mass loss, compressive strength and elastic modulus continued to decrease; the relative dynamic modulus of elasticity increased slightly in the first 225 freeze-thaw cycles, then decreased in the following 75 cycles; the corresponding strain to peak stress decreased with the increase of freeze-thaw cycles. After 200 cycles, the rate of deterioration of concrete accelerated obviously.


2020 ◽  
Vol 402 ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Muttaqin Hasan ◽  
Aris Muyasir ◽  
Taufiq Saidi ◽  
Husaini ◽  
Raudha Azzahra

In this research, calcined diatomaceous earth from Aceh Besar, Indonesia was used as cement replacement in producing high strength concrete. Four concrete mixtures in which the percentage of cement replacement of 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% by weight were studied. Four cylinder-specimens with 100 mm diameter and 200 mm high were prepared for each mixture. The compression load was applied on the specimens at the age of 28 days until the specimens failed. The mixture without calcined diatomaceous earth was more workable than that with diatomaceous earth. The compressive strength of concrete with diatomaceous earth in this study was almost the same for all mixture. However, those compressive strength was lower than the compressive strength of concrete without calcined diatomaceous earth for about 14.6%. Modulus of elasticity of high strength concrete decreased with increasing of cement replacement percentage.


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