Experimental investigations on Textile-Reinforced Concrete (TRC) sandwich sections

2014 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 643-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shams ◽  
Michael Horstmann ◽  
Josef Hegger
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete

scholarly journals State-of-the-Art Review on Experimental Investigations of Textile-Reinforced Concrete Exposed to High Temperatures

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Kapsalis ◽  
Tine Tysmans ◽  
Danny Van Hemelrijck ◽  
Thanasis Triantafillou
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Promising Solution ◽  
Good Heat Resistance

Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is a promising composite material with enormous potential in structural applications because it offers the possibility to construct slender, lightweight, and robust elements. However, despite the good heat resistance of the inorganic matrices and the well-established knowledge on the high-temperature performance of the commonly used fibrous reinforcements, their application in TRC elements with very small thicknesses makes their effectiveness against thermal loads questionable. This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on the thermomechanical behavior of TRC, focusing on its mechanical performance both during and after exposure to high temperatures. The available knowledge from experimental investigations where TRC has been tested in thermomechanical conditions as a standalone material is compiled, and the results are compared. This comparative study identifies the key parameters that determine the mechanical response of TRC to increased temperatures, being the surface treatment of the textiles and the combination of thermal and mechanical loads. It is concluded that the uncoated carbon fibers are the most promising solution for a fire-safe TRC application. However, the knowledge gaps are still large, mainly due to the inconsistency of the testing methods and the stochastic behavior of phenomena related to heat treatment (such as spalling).

scholarly journals Shear Capacity of Textile-Reinforced Concrete Slabs without Shear Reinforcement

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bielak ◽  
Viviane Adam ◽  
Josef Hegger ◽  
Martin Classen
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
Slenderness Ratio ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Shear Design ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Slabs ◽  
Relative Shear

A reliable and economic utilization of textile-reinforced concrete in construction requires appropriate design concepts. Unlike designs for bending, the development of models for shear is still the subject of current research. Especially for thin slabs, systematic experimental investigations are lacking. In this paper, the results of an experimental campaign on 27 carbon-textile reinforced slab segments tested in three-point bending are presented. The shear-span to depth ratio and member size were key variation parameters in this study. Increasing the structural depth of members led to a reduction in relative shear strength, while variation of shear slenderness controlled the efficiency of direct stress fields between load introduction and support. Interestingly, direct load transfer was activated up to a shear slenderness ratio of 4, which is significantly higher than in reinforced concrete (a/d < 2.5–3) and may result from the bond characteristics of the textile reinforcement. The experimental shear strengths were compared to predictions from existing models for shear of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-reinforced concrete. The study shows that these FRP calculation models also predict the ultimate shear force for textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) tests presented in this paper with sufficient accuracy. Existing approaches for the size effect seem transferable as well. In order to validate the models for general use in TRC shear design, a compilation and comparison with larger experimental databases is required in future works.

Sisal textile reinforced concrete: Improving tensile strength and bonding through peeling and nano-silica treatment

2021 ◽  
Vol 301 ◽  
pp. 124300
Author(s):  
Dimas Alan Strauss Rambo ◽  
Caroline Umbinger de Oliveira ◽  
Renan Pícolo Salvador ◽  
Romildo Dias Toledo Filho ◽  
Otávio da Fonseca Martins Gomes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Nano Silica ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Silica Treatment

scholarly journals Use of Cement Suspension as an Alternative Matrix Material for Textile-Reinforced Concrete

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2127
Author(s):  
Richard Fürst ◽  
Eliška Fürst ◽  
Tomáš Vlach ◽  
Jakub Řepka ◽  
Marek Pokorný ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Resin Matrix ◽  
Cement Matrix ◽  
Sample Type ◽  
Textile Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Epoxy Resin Matrix ◽  
Four Point Bending

Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is a material consisting of high-performance concrete (HPC) and tensile reinforcement comprised of carbon roving with epoxy resin matrix. However, the problem of low epoxy resin resistance at higher temperatures persists. In this work, an alternative to the epoxy resin matrix, a non-combustible cement suspension (cement milk) which has proven stability at elevated temperatures, was evaluated. In the first part of the work, microscopic research was carried out to determine the distribution of particle sizes in the cement suspension. Subsequently, five series of plate samples differing in the type of cement and the method of textile reinforcement saturation were designed and prepared. Mechanical experiments (four-point bending tests) were carried out to verify the properties of each sample type. It was found that the highest efficiency of carbon roving saturation was achieved by using finer ground cement (CEM 52.5) and the pressure saturation method. Moreover, this solution also exhibited the best results in the four-point bending test. Finally, the use of CEM 52.5 in the cement matrix appears to be a feasible variant for TRC constructions that could overcome problems with its low temperature resistance.

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