Effect of multi-scale polypropylene fiber hybridization on mechanical properties and microstructure of concrete at elevated temperatures
- 3 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Advances in Structural Engineering
- Vol. 24 (9), 1985-1996
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1369433220988626
Abstract
This paper presents results of an experimental study on the compressive and splitting tensile strength of plain concretes and concretes incorporated with macro, micro and hybrid polypropylene (PP) fibers at elevated temperatures (20 °C, 200 °C, 400 °C, 600 °C, and 800 °C). Nine series of concrete mixtures with different contents PP fibers were prepared and the optimum mixing proportion of different sizes of PP fibers was discussed. The results indicated that the multi-scale polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete (dropped with three different sizes of PP fibers into concrete) had the best positive hybrid effect on resisting to high temperature, when the total PP fiber content was 6 kg/m3 and the macro PP fiber substitution was 80%. Meanwhile, the addition of macro PP fibers significantly enhanced the toughness of concrete. Compared with the value of plain concrete, the compressive and splitting tensile strength of the optimal multi-scale polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete at 800 °C increased 14% and 36% respectively.Keywords
Funding Information
- Chongqing Basic and Frontier Research Project (cstc2018jscx-mszdX0071)
- Graduate Research and Innovation Projects of Jiangsu Province (CYS20027)
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