EVALUATION OF SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH IN PLAIN AND FIBRE-REINFORCED FOAMED MORTAR

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Othuman Mydin

Splitting tensile strength of concrete is normally low compared to compressive and flexural strength. Tensile force was used in the design of structural foamed mortar and to evaluate the shear resistance provided by concrete. This research focuses on the splitting tensile strength of foamed mortar incorporated with 7 different types of fibres used such as wood ash, pulverized fuel ash, silica fume, palm oil fuel ash, polypropylene fibre, coconut fibre and steel fibre. The findings show that the amount of fibres influences the enhancement level of the tensile strength. A high percentage of fibre can create a strong bonding between the particles of the foamed mortar, thus it is able to absorb energy to resist crack formation.

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Azreen Ariffin ◽  
Mohd Warid Hussin ◽  
Mostafa Samadi ◽  
Nor Hasanah Abdul Shukor Lim ◽  
Jahangir Mirza ◽  
...  

Geopolymer is a type of amorphous alumino-silicate cementitious material, synthesized by the reaction of an alumina-silicate powder with an alkaline solution. The geopolymer technology has recently attracted increasing attention as a viable solution to reuse and recycle industrial solid wastes and by-products. This paper discusses the performance of geopolymer mortar comprises of multiple blended ash of palm oil fuel ash (POFA), pulverized fuel ash (PFA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) by replacing ordinary Portland cement. Fine aggregate obtained from the ceramic waste was used to partially replace normal sand in the mixture. The concentration of alkaline solution used was 14 Molar. The fresh mortar was cast in 50x50x50 mm cubes geopolymer mortar specimens and cured at ambient temperature for 24 hours. The effects of mass ratios of alkaline solution to multiple blended ashes and percentage of ceramic aggregate as sand replacement on compressive, flexural and tensile strength of mortar were examined. The results revealed that as the multi blended ash (GGBFS: PFA: POFA) mass ratio increased, the compressive strength of geopolymer mortar is increased with regards to the ceramic aggregate properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 230-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shankar Ganesan ◽  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin ◽  
Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunos ◽  
Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi

This paper will focus on experimental investigation to observe the effects of different densities and additives on the thermal properties of foamed concrete by means of Hot Disk Thermal Constant Analyzer, so as to obtain a few fundamental thermal properties for prediction of its fire resistance performance. For this study, samples of three different densities of 700kg/m3, 1000kg/m3 and 1400kg/m3 and various additives were investigated to study the effects of densities and additives on the thermal properties of foamed concrete. The additives used in this research were pulverized fuel ash (PFA), silica fume, palm oil fuel ash (POFA), wood ash, polypropylene fibre, steel fibre and coir fibre. It should be pointed out that the lowest density of foamed concrete (700kg/m3) has provided best thermal insulation properties due to large amount of pores and high percentage of air entrapped because air is poorest conductor of heat than solid and liquid. Also, foamed concrete with coir fibre achieved lowest thermal conductivity because it possess high heat resistance due to its large percentage of hemicellulose and lignin and exhibited high heat capacity as well due to the formation of uniform pores and voids in foamed concrete.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin

This research investigates the potential of natural and synthetic fibres on flexural strength of foamcrete mortar. The are 7 different types of fibres had been used such as pulverized fuel ash, wood ash, silica fume, palm oil fuel ash, polypropylene fibre, coconut fibre and steel fibre. These natural and synthetic additives have different abilities that contribute positive outcomes to the properties of foamcrete mortar. Pozzolanic materials and fibres were used as additives to be included with control foamcrete mortar mixtures in order to enhance its flexural properties. From the overall analysis, it has been confirmed that coir fibre recorded the highest flexural strength in 7 days compared to other additives and the control sample. Coir fibre of 0.4% reached highest strength in 180 days without allowing other additives to overcome its overall flexural strength. It should be pointed out that, the more the addition of fibres in the base mix, the higher the strength obtained due to its low cellulose content.


2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taha Mehmannavaz ◽  
Mohammad Ismail ◽  
Salihuddin Radin Sumadi ◽  
Mostafa Samadi ◽  
Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi

The experimental study evaluated the performance of lightweight aerated concrete incorporating various percentages of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and pulverized fuel ash (PFA) as partial cement replacement. Performance evaluation of the aerated concrete was investigated with respect to ultimate compressive strength, density and strength development. Twelve mixes are developed and tested at different periods, i.e. 3, 7and 28 days. In this work, two different curing regime namely air curing and water curing were used to monitor the effect of the curing regime. The results show that the mixtures produced by replacing cement with POFA and PFA were comparable to the mix without cement replacement. Furthermore, this investigation observed that the cement-POFA-PFA based lightweight aerated concrete can be produced as lightweight non-load bearing concrete units, because hazard of ashes (POFA & PFA) might be a serious issue for human health. Disposal of ashes contributes the shortage of landfill space in all the worlds, especially in Malaysia.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
Abdullah Abdulsalam Al-Shwaiter ◽  
Hanizam Awang

Since the foam concrete is delicate, it is important to carefully choose the additives, such as superplasticiser (SP), to be used in this type of concrete. The effect of using different types and percentages of SP on the performance of foam concrete with target density of 1500±50 kg/m3 has been investigated in this study. A sustainable material, Palm Oil fuel ash (POFA), used as a sand replacement at a level of 20% by weight. Five types of SP have been used in this study, including Sulphonated polymer-based, selected synthetic and organic polymers-based and three Polycarboxylate ether-based (PCE). Different SP contents (0.0%, 1.0% and 2.0%) have been used as a ratio of cement weight. Workability, consistency, foam stability and mechanical properties were investigated. The results showed that types and quantity of SP have a significant effect on the different properties of the foam concrete. Workability, compression strength and tension strength improved remarkably for most specimens. The use of 2% SP4, a PCE SP, showed superior workability, compression strength and tensile strength with acceptable stability.


2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Hasanah Abdul Shukor Lim ◽  
Mohd Warid Hussin ◽  
Abdul Rahman Mohd. Sam ◽  
Mostafa Samadi ◽  
Mohamed A. Ismail ◽  
...  

This paper presents the utilization of palm oil fuel ash and oil palm kernel shell as cement and sand replacement, respectively in the production of palm oil fuel ash based mortar mixes as part of new and innovative materials in the construction industry. The study includes basic properties such as water absorption, density, compressive strength, and microstructure test with regards to variations in the mix design process. In order to get better performance in terms of strength development, the ash used was subjected to heat treatment and grounded to the size of less than 2 µm. High volume of 80% palm oil fuel ash was used as cement replacement, while 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of oil palm kernel shell was used as sand replacement. The results indicated that the density of the mortar decreases with increasing volume of oil palm kernel ash as sand replacement. Three different types of mortar were produced with different percentages of oil palm kernel shell, which was high strength, medium strength, and low strength lightweight mortars.


High strength fibre reinforced concrete is envisaged to exhibit high compressive and tensile strength under loadings. In this study, experimental studies are conducted to assess the mechanical behavior of fibre reinforced mortar and comparing them with normal concrete. For this experiment, the aspect ratio of fibre (polypropylene) volume inclusion is fixed to 33. Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA) is also included as partial cement replacement. The compressive strength and split tensile strength tests are conducted. This paper presents the results of mechanical strength for fibre reinforced mortar mixed with POFA. It is indicated that the volume of fibre inclusion in concrete have significant impact in compressive and tensile strength. In this study, the optimum fibre dosage inclusion is 20 kg/m3 that exhibit 82.4MPa and 78.7 MPa stresses at 56 days of curing for both 100% OPC and 40%POFA inclusion samples, respectively. The findings of this study can be applied to construction in coastal areas


Author(s):  
Zalipah Jamellodin ◽  
Hamidah Mohd Saman ◽  
Azmi Ibrahim ◽  
Suraya Hani Adnan ◽  
Nur Hafizah Abd Khalid

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Danil Tarmizi ◽  
Kartini Noor Hafni ◽  
A. Haris Simamora

This study aimed to determine the effect of palm oil fuel ash composition of the mechanical properties of polypropylene composites. Composites made by extrusion and injection molding method by mixing polypropylene and palm oil fuel ash with filler composition, respectively 10, 15, and 20 (% w/w). Mechanical properties which tested are tensile strength, elongation at break, and impact strength. The results obtained from the study is the addition of filler palm oil fuel ash in polypropylene composites decrease the mechanical properties of the composites, such as tensile strength, elongation at break, and impact strength.


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