Experimental Study of Flexural Tensile Strength of Sand Concrete Plates Reinforced with Metallic Fibers

2020 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Saloua Melais ◽  
Meriem Fakhreddine Bouali

This paper presents the findings of an experimental study of sand concrete plates reinforced with metallic fibers (BSFM) mixes with respect to a reference sandcrete without fibers (BST) that establishes a benchmark for the BSFM mixes. The performed tests are based on the characteristics of fresh sandcrete (density, slump) and on the mechanical behavior of slabs in centered flexion. It was concluded that the metallic fibers improves the tensile strength, rigidity and durability characteristic after cracking. These characteristics are at an optimum for a sand concrete reinforced with metal fibers (BSFM) with 30kg of fibers per m3 of sand concrete.

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mardoukhi ◽  
Timo Saksala ◽  
Mikko Hokka ◽  
Veli-Tapani Kuokkala

This paper presents a numerical and experimental study on the mechanical behavior of plasma shocked rock. The dynamic tensile behavior of plasma shock treated Balmoral Red granite was studied under dynamic loading using the Brazilian disc test and the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar device. Different heat shocks were produced on the Brazilian disc samples by moving the plasma gun over the sample at different speeds. Microscopy clearly showed that as the duration of the thermal shock increases, the number of the surface cracks and their complexity increases (quantified here as the fractal dimension of the crack patterns) and the area of the damaged surface grows larger as well. At the highest thermal shock duration of 0.80 seconds the tensile strength of the Brazilian disc sample drops by approximately 20%. In the numerical simulations of the dynamic Brazilian disc test, this decrease in tensile strength was reproduced by modeling the plasma shock induced damage using the embedded discontinuity finite element method. The damage caused by the plasma shock was modeled by two methods, namely by pre-embedded discontinuity populations with zero strength and by assuming that the rock strength is lowered and conform to the Weibull distribution. This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the effects of the heat shock, the surface microstructure and mechanical behavior of the studied rock, and a promising numerical model to account for the pre-existing crack distributions in a rock material.


Author(s):  
S. N. Manjunath ◽  
D. Mohammed Rafi ◽  
A. B. S. Dadapeer

Concrete is the most widely used composite construction material. Fine aggregate plays a very important role for imparting better properties to concrete in its fresh and hardened state. Generally, river sand was used as fine aggregate for construction. Due to the continuous mining of sand from riverbed led to the depletion of river sand and it became a scarce material. Also, sand mining from river bed caused a lot of environmental issues. As a substitute to river sand, Robo sand has been used. In this present experimental study a comparative study has been carried out to check the usability of Robo sand in place of natural sand. This study involves determination of some major properties of concrete like compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural tensile strength and durability in acidic medium made of both the sands. Based on proposed studies, quality of Robo sand is equivalent to natural sand in many respects, such as cleanliness, grading, strength, angularity, specific gravity. Conclusion have been arrived that Robo sand produced from VSI (vertical shaft impact or) is a suitable and viable substitute to river sand and could be effectively used in making concrete which provides adequate strength and durability for the concrete. In the design of concrete structures, concrete is taken into account by taking its compressive strength value. The compressive strength of the concrete made of Robo sand is observed to be very nearer to the strength of the concrete made of natural sand in the present investigation, there by 100% replacement is reasonable.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 958-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jikai Zhou ◽  
Xudong Chen ◽  
Shengxing Wu ◽  
Houqun Chen

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 3861-3877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giedrius Žirgulis ◽  
Oldřich Švec ◽  
Elena Vidal Sarmiento ◽  
Mette Rica Geiker ◽  
Andrzej Cwirzen ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedelvan Emerson Fardin ◽  
Adriana Goulart dos Santos

This research aimed to investigate the mechanical and physical properties of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) used with Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as a replacement for natural coarse aggregate. The maximum dry density method was adopted to prepare RCC mixtures with 200 kg/m³ of cement content and coarse natural aggregates in the concrete mixture. Four RCC mixtures were produced from different RCA incorporation ratios (0%, 5%, 15%, and 30%). The compaction test, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity, porosity, density, and water absorption tests were performed to analyze the mechanical and physical properties of the mixtures. One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to identify the influences of RCA on RCC’s mechanical properties. As RCA increased in mixtures, some mechanical properties were observed to decrease, such as modulus of elasticity, but the same was not observed in the splitting tensile strength. All RCCs displayed compressive strength greater than 15.0 MPa at 28 days, splitting tensile strength above 1.9 MPa, flexural tensile strength above 2.9 MPa, and modulus of elasticity above 19.0 GPa. According to Brazilian standards, the RCA added to RCC could be used for base layers.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1114 ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Alexandru Ghiban ◽  
Brandusa Ghiban ◽  
Cristina Maria Borţun ◽  
Nicolae Serban ◽  
Mihai Buzatu

Four compositions of some usually commercial dental alloys were investigated in order to determine the mechanical characteristics and fractographic analysis of tensile and bending tests surfaces. A correlation between chemical composition (either molybdenum or molybdenum and chromium contents) and mechanical characteristics (longitudinal modulus, tensile strength and elongation) were finally done.


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