Properties of Steel Fiber Reinforced Geopolymer

2015 ◽  
Vol 659 ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachamongkon Wongruk ◽  
Smith Songpiriyakij ◽  
Piti Sukontasukkul ◽  
Prinya Chindaprasirt
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Silica Fume ◽  
Steel Fibre ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Flexural Performance

In this study, the mechanical properties of steel fibre reinforced geopolymer (SFRG) are investigated. The geopolymer is consisted of fly ash, silica fume and activator solution, sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide. Five mix proportions of fly ash and silica fume are varied to study the effect of fly ash/silica fume ratios (FA/SF). This experimental series focus mainly on flexural strength and flexural toughness performance of SFRG. Hooked-ends steel fibers are used at 0.5% and 1% by volume fractions. The experiment is carried out based on ASTM C1609 (beam specimens) for flexural performance. The results showed that fibre can significantly enhance the both flexural strength and toughness of geopolymer. The enhancement also increases with the increasing fibre volume fraction.

Effect of polypropylene fibre on flexural properties of concrete composites containing fly ash and silica fume

2012 ◽  
Vol 226 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Zhang ◽  
Q Li ◽  
Z Sun
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Silica Fume ◽  
Modulus Of Elasticity ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Flexural Modulus ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Polypropylene Fibre ◽  
Flexural Properties

The application of fly ash and silica fume in concrete composites by blending synchronously can improve the mechanical properties of concrete composites. However, the concrete composite becomes much brittle with the usage of fly ash and silica fume. Polypropylene fibre is often used to improve the ductility of concrete composites. This article discusses the effect of polypropylene fibre on the flexural properties of concrete composites containing fly ash and silica fume. Results reveal that the addition of polypropylene fibre can increase the flexural strength and decrease the flexural modulus of elasticity of the concrete composite containing fly ash and silica fume evidently. Furthermore, it is indicated that an increase in the fibre volume fraction leads to an increase in the flexural strength and a decrease in the flexural modulus of elasticity when the fibre volume fraction is not beyond 0.12 per cent. Polypropylene fibre seems to play an important role to improve the ductility of concrete composites containing fly ash and silica fume.

scholarly journals The Mechanical Properties of Steel-Polypropylene Fibre Composites Concrete (HyFRCC)

2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 949-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izni Syahrizal Ibrahim ◽  
Wan Amizah Wan Jusoh ◽  
Abdul Rahman Mohd Sam ◽  
Nur Ain Mustapa ◽  
Sk Muiz Sk Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Polypropylene Fibre ◽  
Experimental Results

This paper discusses the experimental results on the mechanical properties of hybrid fibre reinforced composite concrete (HyFRCC) containing different proportions of steel fibre (SF) and polypropylene fibre (PPF). The mechanical properties include compressive strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength. SF is known to enhance the flexural and tensile strengths, and at the same time is able to resist the formation of macro cracking. Meanwhile, PPF contributes to the tensile strain capacity and compressive strength, and also delay the formation of micro cracks. Hooked-end deformed type SF fibre with 60 mm length and fibrillated virgin type PPF fibre with 19 mm length are used in this study. Meanwhile, the concrete strength is maintained for grade C30. The percentage proportion of SF-PPF fibres are varied in the range of 100-0%, 75-25%, 50-50%, 25-75% and 0-100% of which the total fibre volume fraction (Vf) is fixed at 0.5%. The experimental results reveal that the percentage proportion of SF-PPF fibres with 75-25% produced the maximum performance of flexural strength, tensile strength and flexural toughness. Meanwhile, the percentage proportion of SF-PPF fibres with 100-0% contributes to the improvement of the compressive strength compared to that of plain concrete.

Short-term Cytotoxic and Inflammatory Responses of Human Monocytes to Stainless Steel Fibre Networks

2012 ◽  
Vol 1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose L. Spear ◽  
Roger A. Brooks ◽  
Athina E. Markaki
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Steel Fibre ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Human Monocyte ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Human Monocytes ◽  
Tnf Α

ABSTRACTThe aim of the current work was to examine the human monocyte response to 444 ferritic stainless steel fibre networks. 316L austenitic fibre networks, of the same fibre volume fraction, were used as control surfaces. Fluorescence and scanning electron microscopies suggest that the cells exhibited a good degree of attachment and penetration throughout both networks. Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) and TNF-α releases were used as indicators of cytotoxicity and inflammatory responses respectively. LDH release indicated similar levels of monocyte viability when in contact with the 444 and 316L fibre networks. Both networks elicited a low level secretion of TNF-α, which was significantly lower than that of the positive control wells containing zymosan. Collectively, the results suggest that 444 ferritic and 316L austenitic networks induced similar cytotoxic and inflammatory responses from human monocytes.

scholarly journals Determination of Mechanical Properties of Slurry Infiltrated Steel Fiber Concrete Using Fly Ash and Metakaolin

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.5) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Shelorkar A.P ◽  
Jadhao P.D
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Impact Energy ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Flexural Tensile Strength ◽  
Fiber Concrete

This paper reports on a wide-ranging study on the properties of slurry infiltrated fiber concrete containing fly ash, Metakaolin, and hook ended steel fibers. Properties studied include workability of fresh slurry infiltrated fiber concrete, and compressive strength, flexural tensile strength, splitting tensile strength, dynamic elasticity modulus, impact energy of hardened slurry infiltrated fiber concrete. Fly ash and Metakaolin content used was 0%, 2.5%, 5.0%, 7.5% and 10% in mass basis, and hook ended steel fibers volume fraction was 0%, 2.0%, 3.0% and 4.0% in volume basis. The laboratory results showed that steel fiber addition, either into control concrete or fly ash, Metakaolin blend slurry infiltrated fiber concrete; improve the tensile strength properties, flexural strength, impact energy and modulus of elasticity. In this experimental study, compressive strength improvement ratio is 33.60%, and Structural efficiency is 9.50 % higher in slurry infiltrated fiber-concrete with Metakaolin as compared with fly ash based slurry infiltrated fiber concrete at the 4% replacement ratio of hook ended steel fibers by volume.  

scholarly journals Comparison of Flexural Performance of Lightweight Fibre-reinforced Concrete and Normalweight Fibre-reinforced Concrete

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahsan Ali ◽  
Shahid Iqbal ◽  
Klaus Holschemacher ◽  
Thomas A. Bier
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Strength Class ◽  
Lightweight Concrete ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Lightweight Aggregate ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
Testing Environments

Current study encompasses comparison of flexural tests results of Normalweight Fibre-reinforced Concrete (NWFC) and Lightweight Fibre-reinforced Concrete (LWFC) beam specimens. Fibres are known for their positive effect on crack control, better post-cracking behaviour under flexure and for enhancing toughness. These improvements, however, come at the expense of degraded workability. Using lightweight aggregates of regular shape instead of heavier, irregular and rough textured normalweight aggregates can address the issue of poor workability of concrete besides other advantages that it will bring along with. Replacing normalweight aggregate with lightweight aggregate also has its demerits and in most cases under similar testing environments lightweight concrete has lower strength results. This paper covers evaluation of flexural performance for both LWFC and NWFC having similar compressive strength class. For this purpose 24 beams 150 × 150 × 700 mm in dimensions were tested under flexure. For a fair comparison, it was made sure that both the concretes (LWFC and NWFC) at every fibre volume fraction (0, 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75%) fell under the same strength class.

Experimental Study on Flexural Strength of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites

2010 ◽  
Vol 150-151 ◽  
pp. 1013-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Guang Liu ◽  
Cun He ◽  
Chang Wang Yan ◽  
Hai Jun Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Fly Ash ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Polyvinyl Alcohol ◽  
Silica Fume ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Substitution Ratio ◽  
Pva Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites

Flexural strength of cementitious composites containing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber, fly ash (FA) and silica fume (SF) is studied in this paper. The parameters studied include volume fraction of fiber, the substitution ratio of cement by fly ash and the substitution ratio of cement by both silica fume and fly ash, which have an influence on the compressive strength and flexural strength of cementitious composites. The research findings show that with the increase of volume fraction of fiber, the flexural strength of cementitious composites are improved .When the volume fraction of fiber rises from 0 to 2% ,the flexural strength increases by 51.8%. When the volume fraction of fiber remains 2%, cement substitution with fly ash reduces the flexural strength of cementitious Composites, while which is improved by cement substitution with both silica fume and fly ash.

scholarly journals 3D printing of composites: design parameters and flexural performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-706
Author(s):  
Feras Korkees ◽  
James Allenby ◽  
Peter Dorrington
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flexural Performance ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Strength And Stiffness

Purpose 3D printing of composites has a high degree of design freedom, which allows for the manufacture of complex shapes that cannot be achieved with conventional manufacturing processes. This paper aims to assess the design variables that might affect the mechanical properties of 3D-printed fibre-reinforced composites. Design/methodology/approach Markforged Mark-Two printers were used to manufacture samples using nylon 6 and carbon fibres. The effect of fibre volume fraction, fibre layer location and fibre orientation has been studied using three-point flexural testing. Findings The flexural strength and stiffness of the 3D-printed composites increased with increasing the fibre volume fraction. The flexural properties were altered by the position of the fibre layers. The highest strength and stiffness were observed with the reinforcement evenly distributed about the neutral axis of the sample. Moreover, unidirectional fibres provided the best flexural performance compared to the other orientations. 3D printed composites also showed various failure modes under bending loads. Originality/value Despite multiple studies available on 3D-printed composites, there does not seem to be a clear understanding and consensus on how the location of the fibre layers can affect the mechanical properties and printing versatility. Therefore, this study covered this design parameter and evaluated different locations in terms of mechanical properties and printing characteristics. This is to draw final conclusions on how 3D printing may be used to manufacture cost-effective, high-quality parts with excellent mechanical performance.

Experimental Study on Flexural Properties of Steel Fiber Combined Aggregate Concrete

2014 ◽  
Vol 1065-1069 ◽  
pp. 1903-1906
Author(s):  
Yan Kun Zhang ◽  
Xiao Long Wu ◽  
Yu Cheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Fiber Volume Fraction ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Orthogonal Experiment ◽  
Fiber Volume ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Cement Ratio ◽  
Water Cement Ratio ◽  
Flexural Performance

In this paper, the flexural performance of steel fiber combine aggregate concrete under the different factor (water cement ratio, quantity of light aggregate, steel fiber volume fraction, and the types of steel fiber) is studied. And the orthogonal experiment method is adopted. From the experiments, it could be found that the most important factor affecting the flexural strength is the steel fiber volume fraction, and then the types of steel fiber, the water cement ratio, and the quantity of light aggregate in the order. With the increasing of the steel fiber volume fraction, the flexural strength of concrete improves obviously. On the basis of the experiment, the relationship formula of flexural strength and the cube compressive strength is given.

Experimental Study on Flexural Toughness of SFRC

2012 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Yong Li ◽  
Li Sha Song ◽  
Li Sun ◽  
Chen Jie Cao ◽  
Tong Xing
Keyword(s):  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Cement Paste ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Steel Fibers ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Flexural Toughness ◽  
Flexural Performance

This paper introduces the test results of the flexural performance of CF40 steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) designed by the binary superposition mix design method. The flexural strength and flexural load ~ deflection curves were got from the test SFRC specimens with the different fraction of steel fiber by volume and the different thickness of cement paste wrapping steel fibers. The effects of the fraction of steel fiber by volume and the thickness of cement paste on the flexural strength and toughness of SFRC are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the flexural toughness of SFRC increases with the increase of the fraction of steel fiber by volume, the reasonable thickness of cement paste wrapping steel fibers is 1.0mm.

scholarly journals Post-impact damage tolerance of natural fibre-reinforced sheet moulding compound

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 2633366X2096793
Author(s):  
Harish K Patel ◽  
Ton Peijs
Keyword(s):  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Damage Tolerance ◽  
Fibre Volume Fraction ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Fibre Volume ◽  
Hemp Fibres ◽  
Moulding Compound ◽  
Post Impact ◽  
Sheet Moulding Compound

Natural fibre composites are of interest for a wide range of semi-structural applications in the building, construction and automotive sector. For a number of these applications, the evaluation of performance degradation after impact is of some relevance. The present work focused on the influence of fibre volume fraction and fibre surface treatment on the residual load-bearing capability of hemp fibre-reinforced sheet moulding compound (H-SMC) after non-penetrating impacts. Post-impact flexural strength and stiffness of H-SMC decreased linearly with increasing impact energy. At higher impact energy levels, the residual flexural strength of H-SMC improved with increasing fibre volume fraction. However, for the same amount of absorbed energy, the residual strength or damage tolerance capability of glass fibre-reinforced sheet moulding compound was about twice that of H-SMC. Composites based on surface treated hemp fibres showed a slight improvement in residual flexural strength, particularly for systems based on hemp fibres treated with a combined alkaline and silane surface treatment. Surface treated systems showed improved levels of adhesion and increased levels of energy absorption through potential mechanisms such as debonding, pull-out or fibre fibrillation.

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