Use of Textile Reinforced Concrete – Especially for Facade Panels

2014 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 142-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdaléna Novotná ◽  
Michaela Kostelecká ◽  
Julie Hodková ◽  
Miroslav Vokáč
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Concrete Element ◽  
Minimum Thickness ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Environmental Savings

In recent years, textile reinforced concrete (TRC) is at the beginning of industrial production mainly in Germany and relates especially to facade panels and concrete footbridges. The subtle panels with a minimum thickness of coverage layer can be designed due to the textile reinforcement, which is resistant to corrosion. Furthermore, a long durability is expected in case of these structures. The textile reinforcement with the fine-grained ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) enables to produce concrete elements with a minimum thickness. Therefore, the concrete element with up to 70 % lower weight compared to element with conventional reinforcement can be produced and significant environmental savings can be achieved (reducing the consumption of non-renewable raw materials, transport energy, reduced dead load acting on the supporting structure, etc.).

scholarly journals Advanced composite structure combining Ultra high performance concrete with normal reinforced concrete

2019 ◽  
Vol 278 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Xiangguo Wu
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Composite Structure ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Constitutive Relations ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Advanced Composite

Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), one of the newest cementitious composites, demonstrates superior ductility with high strength and durability, which has gained the attention of researchers and engineers since it was successfully developed. Considering its superior ductility and durability, UHPC is a good alternative material for forming a advanced composite structure with normal reinforced concrete (RC) or prestressed concrete. The material properties are critical for its application in composite structures, so in this chapter, material properties of UHPC, such as constitute raw materials, mechanical properties, durability and several constitutive relations from several standards are firstly introduced. The basic concepts of advanced UHPC-RC composite structures, such as UHPC-RC composite beam, composite column, composite wall, etc, are introduced finally.

Thin Lightweight Panels Made of Textile Reinforced Concrete

2017 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 238-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Řepka ◽  
Tomáš Vlach ◽  
Lenka Laiblová ◽  
Petr Hájek ◽  
Michal Ženíšek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Stress Test ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Minimum Thickness ◽  
Four Point Bending ◽  
New Applications ◽  
Concrete Elements

Use of high performance concrete with reinforcement made of technical textile is increasing and new applications are being found. This paper presents new technology for the lightening of the panels made of textile reinforced concrete, which is being developed. The main focus of this research is to produce concrete elements suitable for use as facade panels with the least possible weight and environmental impact. Mechanical characteristics were measured on testing specimens with thickness of 18 mm with lightening representing 47% of their volume. Minimum thickness of concrete was 4 mm and therefore the reinforcement was covered by approximately 1.5 mm of concrete matrix. The strength of experimental test panels was measured in four-point bending stress test. Due to one-sided lightening and asymmetrical cross-section therefore, the tests were performed in both directions. For better interpretation of the results were the specimens of lightened panels tested alongside non-lightened specimens with the same thickness. Based on measured values, maximal dimensions of lightened facade panels were designed.

Volumetric Changes of the UHPC Matrix and its Determination

2016 ◽  
Vol 827 ◽  
pp. 215-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Čítek ◽  
Milan Rydval ◽  
Jiří Kolísko
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Durability Properties ◽  
Shrinkage And Creep

Research in the Ultra-High Performance Concrete applications field is very important. Current experiences shows that the structure design should be optimize due to relatively new fine-grained cement-based Hi-Tech material with excellent mechanical and durability properties. It is not sure if some of the volumetric changes like creep or shrinkage has or has not an impact on an advantage for the construction and for the structure design. The effect of the shrinkage and creep of common used concretes are well known and well described at publications but the effect of volumetric changes of the UHPC is mostly unknown because of the fact that some of experimental tests are long term and the development of UHPC is still in its basics. A lot of works are focused on a basic mechanical properties and durability tests.

Mechanical Properties and Durability of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Incorporating Coarse Aggregate

2014 ◽  
Vol 629-630 ◽  
pp. 96-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Yang ◽  
Gai Fei Peng ◽  
Yu Xin Gao ◽  
Hui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Coarse Aggregate ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Fresh Concrete ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Mineral Admixtures ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Spalling Failure

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) incorporating coarse aggregate was prepared with common raw materials. Fresh concrete had excellent good workability with slump of 265 mm and slump spread of 673 mm. Compressive strength of UHPC at 56 d reached 150 MPa. However, UHPC exhibited high brittleness in terms of spalling failure which occurred during compression loading.The ratio of splitting tensile strength to compressive strength of about 1/18 and the ratio of flexural strength to compressive strength of about 1/14 at 56 d were also associated with the brittleness of UHPC in this research. Mineral admixtures and fluidity of fresh concrete influenced compressive strength of UHPC significantly. Moreover, UHPC had excellent permeation-related durability but considerable shrinkage. Autogenous shrinkage of UHPC was less than half of free shrinkage, for which the reason is unknown and needs further research.

scholarly journals Embedded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer rod in reinforced concrete frame and ultra-high-performance concrete frame joints

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (S1) ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Shahnaz Basim ◽  
Farzad Hejazi ◽  
Raizal Saifulnaz Bin Muhammad Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Reinforced Polymer

AbstractBeam–column joints play an important role in providing lateral stiffness and integrity of frames during dynamic loading such as earthquake. In the high humidity areas, during functioning of the building cracks occur, which leads to the corrosion of the reinforcement due to the environmental exposures. Therefore, one of the main failures mechanism of building during an earthquake is caused by easily yielding of corroded steel reinforcement, which leads to reduce functionality of the frame joints in transferring the loads. This study proposed a new design to reinforce the beam-column joints with embedded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) rods, due to their extremely high strength and stiffness, along with the fact that they will not rust or corrode and very light weight. CFRP rods are used in reinforced concrete (RC) frame and ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) frame subjected to dynamic load. The prototype of the proposed design is constructed as frame with conventional concrete and frame with UHPC material to conduct experiments Test as well as numerical analysis to evaluate the performance of the proposed joints under dynamic loads. The results showed improvement in the performance of the frames reinforced with embedded CFRP in joints in terms of lateral load resistance capacity, ductility behaviour, overall stiffness, and failure mechanism.

scholarly journals Influence of Cracking on Oxygen Transport in UHPFRC Using Stainless Steel Sensors

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Ana Martínez-Ibernón ◽  
Marta Roig-Flores ◽  
Josep Lliso-Ferrando ◽  
Eduardo J. Mezquida-Alcaraz ◽  
Manuel Valcuende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Oxygen Availability ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Cracking Behavior

Reinforced concrete elements frequently suffer small cracks that are not relevant from the mechanical point of view, but they can be an entrance point for aggressive agents, such as oxygen, which could initiate the degradation processes. Fiber-Reinforced Concrete and especially Ultra High Performance Concrete increase the multi-cracking behavior, reducing the crack width and spacing. In this work, the oxygen availability of three types of concrete was compared at similar strain levels to evaluate the benefit of multi-cracking in the transport of oxygen. The types of concrete studied include traditional, High-Performance, and Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete with and without nanofibers. To this purpose, reinforced concrete beams sized 150 × 100 × 750 mm3 were prepared with embedded stainless steel sensors that were located at three heights, which have also been validated through this work. These beams were pre-cracked in bending up to fixed strain levels. The results indicate that the sensors used were able to detect oxygen availability due to the presence of cracks and the detected differences between the studied concretes. Ultra High Performance Concrete in the cracked state displayed lower oxygen availability than the uncracked High Performance Concrete, demonstrating its potential higher durability, even when working in cracked state, thanks to the increased multi-cracking response.

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