Effect of steel fiber on the mechanical properties of oil palm shell lightweight concrete

This paper reports the results of a study conducted to investigate the effect of low volume content of steel fiber on the slump, density, compressive strength under different curing conditions, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity of a grade 35 oil palm shell (OPS) lightweight concrete mixture. The results indicate that an increase in steel fiber decreased the workability and increased the density. All the mechanical properties except the modulus of elasticity (E) improved significantly. The 28 day compressive strength of steel fiber OPS lightweight concrete in continuously moist curing was in the range of 41–45 MPa. The splitting tensile/compressive and the flexural/compressive strength ratio for plain OPS concrete are comparable with artificial lightweight aggregate. The (E) value measured in this study was about 15.5 GPa on average for all mixes, which is higher than previous studies and is in the range of normal weight concrete. Steel fiber can be used as an alternative material to reduce the sensitivity of OPS concrete in poor curing environments.     

Investigation of microstructure and flexural behavior of steel-fiber reinforced concrete

This paper presents microstructure and flexural behavior of steel-fiber reinforced concrete produced with different steel fibers volume fraction and aspect ratio. Prismatic concrete specimens of 100 × 100 × 350 mm were prepared with and without steel fiber. Two different steel fiber types (both is hooked-end) were used by ratio of 0% (control), 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8% by volume. Specimens were de-molded after 24 h and cured in water until 7, 28, 56, 180 and 360 days. On the prisms, flexural strength has been defined for every age. The crack widths have also been measured after maximum bearing loads. Microstructure of SFRC was studied by scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy for 180 aged specimens. The results showed that the polarized microcopy images may be used for observing the bond characteristic of SFRC as alternatively to SEM. A good bond was observed between steel fiber and concrete matrix interface zone by using polarizing microscopy, too. Flexural strength of SFRC increased with the concrete age and fiber volume fraction. Besides, the first crack development significantly decreased by increasing of fiber volume fraction in the all concrete ages.     

Some characteristics of high strength fiber reinforced lightweight aggregate concrete

The effect of polypropylene and steel fibers on high strength lightweight aggregate concrete is investigated. Sintered fly ash aggregates were used in the lightweight concrete; the fines were partially replaced by fly ash. The effects on compressive strength, indirect tensile strength, modulus of rupture, modulus of elasticity, stress–strain relationship and compression toughness are reported. Compared to plain sintered fly ash lightweight aggregate concrete, polypropylene fiber addition at 0.56% by volume of the concrete, caused a 90% increase in the indirect tensile strength and a 20% increase in the modulus of rupture. Polypropylene fiber addition did not significantly affect the other mechanical properties that were investigated. Steel fibers at 1.7% by volume of the concrete caused an increase in the indirect tensile strength by about 118% and an increase in the modulus of rupture by about 80%. Steel fiber reinforcement also caused a small decrease in the modulus of elasticity and changed the shape of the stress–strain relationship to become more curvilinear. A large increase in the compression toughness was recorded. This indicated a significant gain in ductility when steel fiber reinforcement is used.     

自密实钢纤维轻骨料混凝土的早期性能与损伤分析

在自密实轻骨料混凝土基础之上掺入钢纤维配制出自密实钢纤维轻骨料混凝土,分析了自密实钢纤维轻骨料混凝土的抗压强度、抗拉强度等主要力学性能以及收缩、抗碳化等耐久性能,并与普通骨料自密实混凝土进行对比分析。探讨了钢纤维对于改善自密实轻骨料混凝土损伤所起的作用及其机理。结果表明:掺入钢纤维后自密实轻骨料混凝土的抗压强度增大,劈拉强度明显提高,收缩及抗碳化能力也有明显改善。与普通骨料混凝土相比,自密实钢纤维轻骨料混凝土初始裂缝的产生与发展得到有效抑制。     

钢纤维高性能轻骨料混凝土多轴强度和变形特性研究

为了研究钢纤维掺量和三轴应力比对高性能轻骨料混凝土破坏准则和本构关系的影响规律,进行了钢纤维全轻混凝土和钢纤维次轻混凝土多轴强度和变形特性的试验研究,考虑到试验机加载能力和新拌高性能轻骨料混凝土的工作性能,选取的钢纤维体积掺量为0、0.5%、1.0%和1.5%,试验加载路径有单轴拉、压,双轴等压和真三轴压。结果发现在单轴应力和低应力比条件下,钢纤维能够明显地发挥增强阻裂作用,随着钢纤维掺量的增加,中间主应力对极限抗压强度和峰值应变的影响越来越大,且钢纤维体积掺量对两种轻骨料混凝土应力-应变曲线下降段有一定的影响;在高应力比条件下,钢纤维体积掺量对峰值强度、峰值应变和应力-应变曲线下降段无明显影响,但对高应力比下轻骨料混凝土应力-应变曲线上特有的应力平台区域有较大的影响。考虑钢纤维含量特征参数的影响,对普通骨料混凝土的Kotsovos破坏准则进行了相应的修正,得出了适合钢纤维增强轻骨料混凝土的破坏准则表达式。     

A comparison study of the mechanical properties and drying shrinkage of oil palm shell and expanded clay lightweight aggregate concretes

For making artificial lightweight aggregate, selected raw materials are fed into a rotary kiln at high temperature. Providing such a high temperature is costly and generally, the process of making artificial lightweight aggregate is not environmentally friendly. The use of natural lightweight aggregate for making lightweight concrete can lead to low-cost construction. The use of a solid waste lightweight aggregate namely oil palm shell (OPS) as coarse aggregate, is not only environmentally friendly but leads to a low-cost material. This study is a comparison between some engineering properties of OPS lightweight concrete and an artificial lightweight (expanded clay) concrete with low water to cement ratio, along with having good workability and without any segregation. The test results show that OPS concrete has better mechanical properties and a higher efficiency factor than expanded clay lightweight concrete. The ceiling strength of expanded clay lightweight concrete occurs at an early age; while it happens in OPS concrete at a later age. The crack pattern of the tested specimens shows that OPS is much stronger than expanded clay. On the other hand, the compressive strength of OPS lightweight concrete is more sensitive to lack of curing. Although OPS lightweight concrete shows twice the amount of drying shrinkage than expanded clay lightweight concrete in the short term, this difference reduces significantly at later ages.     

Strain-hardening UHP-FRC with low fiber contents

This research work focuses on the optimization of strength and ductility of ultra high performance fiber reinforced concretes (UHP-FRC) under direct tensile loading. An ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) with a compressive strength of 200 MPa (29 ksi) providing high bond strength between fiber and matrix was developed. In addition to the high strength smooth steel fibers, currently used for typical UHP-FRC, high strength deformed steel fibers were used in this study to enhance the mechanical bond and ductility. The study first shows that, with appropriate high strength steel fibers, a fiber volume fraction of 1% is sufficient to trigger strain hardening behavior accompanied by multiple cracking, a characteristic essential to achieve high ductility. By improving both the matrix and fiber parameters, an UHP-FRC with only 1.5% deformed steel fibers by volume resulted in an average tensile strength of 13 MPa (1.9 ksi) and a maximum post-cracking strain of 0.6%.     

Toughness indices of steel fiber reinforced concrete under mode II loading

The toughness indices of fiber reinforced concrete under Mode II loading effects are rarely reported due to lack of information on standard testing procedures. However, the direct shear test with improvement over JSCE-SF6 method is generally accepted to study Mode II fracture parameters. In this paper, experimental investigations to determine the fracture properties and toughness indices of steel fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) under Mode II loading are reported. Straight steel fibers of length 25 mm with an aspect ratio of 44.6 were randomly distributed in concrete with varying fiber volume fractions of 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%. A symmetrical Mode II loading set up was designed to achieve an ideal shear failure. It has been observed that the failure was due essentially to shear (Mode II) fracture without secondary flexural cracking. Plain concrete failed at a low equivalent shear strain of 0.5%, while the addition of steel fibers improved the shear strains up to as much as 8.0%. The shear strength and the shear toughness of concrete with the addition of steel fibers have been improved very significantly. As the volume fraction of fibers increases, the shear strength increases up to an optimum volume fraction, beyond which there has been no improvement on the shear strength. However, the toughness indices determined in Mode II loading (shear) have been observed to be about 15 times as high as that under Mode I loading (flexure).     

聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土柱大偏心受压承载力计算

对270个聚丙烯纤维掺量(体积分数)分别为0vol%、0.1vol%、0.2vol%、0.3vol%、0.4vol%、0.5vol%、钢纤维掺量(体积分数)分别为0vol%、0.5vol%、1vol%、1.5vol%、2vol%的聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土试块进行立方体抗压试验、轴心抗压试验和劈裂抗拉试验,基于复合材料力学理论,考虑纤维的取向系数、长度有效系数和界面黏结系数,对其建立强度预测模型并进行机制分析,同时选取掺量分别为0vol%、0.1vol%、0.3vol%的聚丙烯纤维、掺量分别为0vol%、1.5vol%的钢纤维制作6根聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土柱,对其进行大偏心受压试验,在强度预测模型的基础上进行承载力计算,提出聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土承载力计算方法。结果表明:钢纤维对聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土立方体抗压强度、轴心抗压强度和劈裂抗拉强度均有提高;聚丙烯纤维可提高聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土的劈裂抗拉强度,但不能提高聚丙烯-钢纤维/混凝土的抗压强度;聚丙烯-钢混杂纤维加入混凝土柱可有效提高其极限承载力。      

Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity of High Strength Lightweight Raw Perlite Aggregate Concrete

Twenty-four types of high strength lightweight concrete have been designed with raw perlite aggregate (PA) from the Erzincan Mollaköy region as new low-temperature insulation material. The effects of the water/cement ratio, the amount of raw PA, and the temperature on high strength lightweight raw perlite aggregate concrete (HSLWPAC) have been investigated. Three empirical equations were derived to correlate the thermal conductivity of HSLWPAC as a function of PA percentage and temperature depending on the water/cement ratio. Experimentally observed thermal conductivities of concrete samples were predicted 92 % of the time for each set of concrete matrices within 97 % accuracy and over the range from 1.457 W · m^?1 · K^?1 to 1.777 W · m^?1 · K^?1. The experimental investigation revealed that the usage of raw PA from the Erzincan Mollaköy region in concrete production reduces the concrete unit mass, increases the concrete strength, and furthermore, the thermal conductivity of the concrete has been improved. The proposed empirical correlations of thermal conductivity were considered to be applicable within the range of temperatures 203.15 K ≤ T ≤ 303.15 K in the form of λ = a(PAP ^b ) + c(T ^d ).     

纤维/高强混凝土抗冻性能试验

通过纤维/高强混凝土快速冻融循环试验,从试件外观损伤形态、相对动弹性模量、抗冻等级、抗冻耐久性指数角度,研究了不同纤维体积分数的玄武岩纤维、纤维素纤维和不同纤维长度的玄武岩纤维对C60高强混凝土抗冻性能的影响。结果表明,加入玄武岩或纤维素纤维可改善C60高强混凝土的外观剥落损伤程度。C60高强混凝土的抗冻性均随玄武岩纤维（长度为18 mm）和纤维素纤维体积分数的增大而提高,在体积分数0.10vol%~0.20vol%内,前者的提高程度远大于后者,玄武岩纤维/高强混凝土能在更严酷的寒冷环境中满足更久的使用时间。玄武岩纤维长度的改变对C60高强混凝土的抗冻性影响较大,相对于18 mm长度,6 mm和30 mm长度的玄武岩纤维对C60高强混凝土抗冻性能改善作用很有限。      

离心成型钢纤维混凝土纤维分布规律试验研究

通过对离心成型环形截面钢纤维混凝土配筋与无筋试件的切片试验,研究了离心作用下钢纤维体积率、混凝土强度及配置钢筋等因素对混凝土内钢纤维在构件环向和纵向分布形态的影响规律.发现在离心作用下钢纤维趋向于构件外壁分布,并且呈现较好的均匀性;钢纤维沿环向分布多于纵向分布,而且随着粗骨料的减少、水泥浆的增加这种现象更加明显.为离心成型钢纤维混凝土的工程应用提供了科研依据.     

Mechanical, durability and microstructural characteristics of ultra-high-strength self-compacting concrete incorporating steel fibers

Few researches are carried out in the Gulf area to study the feasibility of producing UHSC using available local materials with the inclusion of steel fibers, and investigate its properties and durability. Local available materials and the inclusion of steel fibers with different volume fractions are investigated to produce UHSC. Different mechanical properties are evaluated (compressive strength and splitting tensile strength). Durability of the concrete in high sulfate and high temperature condition (i.e. resembling Gulf environment) is evaluated. Also, chloride permeability, bulk chloride diffusion and electrical resistivity are evaluated. Test results indicate that local material can produce UHS–FRC. The ductility of the concrete is greatly improved by the incorporation of steel fibers and increases as the fiber volume increases. Chloride permeability, bulk chloride diffusion and electrical resistivity are affected by the volume fraction of steel fibers. The inclusion of steel fibers did not have significant effect on the durability of the concrete in the sulfate environment. Microstructural investigations of UHS–FRC concrete were also performed. The microstructural investigations shed some light on the nature of interfacial bond of fibers and the cement paste and its effect on its mechanical and fracture properties.     

有机仿钢纤维和钢纤维对钢渣混凝土性能的影响

研究有机仿钢纤维和钢纤维对含钢渣的硅酸盐水泥混凝土力学性能的影响规律,从而选出最佳掺量,并对其作用机理进行探讨。利用水银压入测孔仪和电化学分析仪,对养护28 d混凝土中的水化产物组成及其水化混凝土孔结构及分布、微观结构进行测试分析。结果表明:添加钢渣能够降低水泥混凝土的早期强度,但随着时间的延长,添加适量钢渣可以提高混凝土结构的致密性,提高后期强度。添加适量钢纤维和仿钢纤维亦可提高混凝土的力学性能。钢渣、钢纤维和仿钢纤维的最佳掺量分别为:w(钢渣)=30%,φ(钢纤维)=1.0%,φ(仿钢纤维)=0.7%。     

Effects of alkali-resistant glass fiber reinforcement on crack and temperature resistance of lightweight concrete

Effects of alkali-resistant glass fiber reinforcement on the flexural strength and ductility, restrained shrinkage cracking and temperature resistance of lightweight concrete were investigated. All these properties of lightweight concrete benefitted from the introduction of alkali-resistant glass fibers. Fiber mass fractions of 0.5–3.0% (volume fractions of 0.125–0.75%) were investigated; fiber mass fractions of 1.0–2.0% (volume fractions of 0.25–0.5%) were sufficient for control of restrained shrinkage cracks and enhancement of the flexural toughness and temperature resistance of lightweight concrete.     

钢纤维形状对高性能混凝土性能的影响

试验研究了6种长径比较小且直径较粗的钢纤维(SF)(短直形、长直线形、圆弧形、闭合三角形、闭合矩形、闭合圆环形)对高性能混凝土性能的影响。通过改变SF体积分数从而改变其形成的环域个数和面积,探究二者对混凝土流动性、抗拉及抗折强度的影响,并通过研究破坏界面分析混凝土破坏形式和机制。结果表明:闭合区域个数及纤维的环域面积对混凝土流动起主要影响;闭合SF中圆环形SF对混凝土抗折及抗压强度的提升效果优于其他形状的闭合SF。短直形SF与圆环形SF混杂试验中,圆环形SF体积分数为1vol%、短直形SF体积分数为0.5vol%时,SF/混凝土抗压强度和抗折强度提升的综合效果最佳。      

粗骨料与钢纤维对超高性能混凝土单轴拉伸性能的影响

为了提高含粗骨料超高性能混凝土(Ultra-high performance concrete,UHPC)的单轴拉伸性能,采用单轴拉伸试验和图像分析技术分别研究了粗骨料掺量、颗粒粒径对含粗骨料UHPC单轴拉伸性能和钢纤维在UHPC体系中分散性能的影响规律。结果表明,随着粗骨料掺量及颗粒粒径的增大,钢纤维在UHPC体系中的分散系数和取向系数显著降低,含粗骨料UHPC的单轴拉伸初裂强度、裂后强度和耗能也随之减小。根据粗骨料颗粒最大粒径与钢纤维体积分数、直径间的匹配关系式(Dmax=3df/(Vf)0.5),采用纤维混杂可以充分发挥多尺度纤维与具有不同粒径分布的骨料间的分级匹配关系;粗骨料体积分数和颗粒最大粒径分别为10%和10mm时,采用平直钢纤维(直径0.12mm、长度10mm、体积掺量1.2%)和端钩钢纤维(直径0.35 mm、长度20mm、体积掺量1.8%)混杂实现了含粗骨料UHPC的单轴拉伸性能的提升,其裂后强度和耗能分别为8.69 MPa和11.10J。     

Flexural behavior of geopolymer composites reinforced with steel and polypropylene macro fibers

Like ordinary Portland cement concrete, the matrix brittleness in geopolymer composites can be reduced by introducing appropriate fiber reinforcement. Several studies on fiber reinforced geopolymer composites are available, however there is still a gap to understand and optimize their performance. This paper presents the flexural behavior of fly ash-based geopolymer composites reinforced with different types of macro steel and polypropylene fibers with higher aspect ratio. Three types (length-deformed, end-deformed and straight) of steel fibers and another type of length-deformed polypropylene fiber with optimum fiber volume fraction of 0.5% are studied. The effects of different geometries of the fibers, curing regimes (ambient cured and heat cured at 60 °C for 24 h) and concentration of NaOH activator (10 M and 12 M) on the first peak strength, modulus of rupture and toughness of the geopolymer composites are investigated. The quantitative effect of fiber geometry on geopolymer composite performance was also analyzed through a fiber deformation ratio. The compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural toughness are significantly improved with macro fibers reinforcement and heat curing. The results also show that heat curing increases the first peak load of all fiber-reinforced geopolymers composites. End-deformed steel fibers exhibit the most ductile flexural response compared to other steel fibers in both heat and ambient-cured fiber reinforced geopolymer composites.     

钢纤维超高强混凝土动态力学性能

采用分离式霍普金森压杆装置对不同纤维体积率的钢纤维超高强混凝土进行不同应变率的冲击压缩试验,结果表明钢纤维超高强混凝土是应变率敏感材料,并测出其应变率敏感阀值,当应变率超过阀值后,钢纤维超高强混凝土的强度、韧度与弹性模量都随纤维体积率的增加而显著提高,在高应变率下,超高强混凝土基体成粉碎性破坏,而钢纤维超高强混凝土呈现出“裂而不散”的破坏形态。