scholarly journals Influence of Plantain Pseudostem Fibres and Lime on the Properties of Cement Mortar

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Humphrey Danso
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Linear Correlation ◽  
Calcium Silicate Hydrate ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Mortar Specimen ◽  
Eds Analysis ◽  
Positive Linear Correlation ◽  
Strength Improvement

This study investigated the properties of cement mortar with lime reinforced with plantain pseudostem fibres. Experimental specimens with 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1% fibre contents by weight of sand and 10% lime content by weight of cement were prepared and tested on 7, 14, 21, and 28 days of curing for density, tensile strength, compressive strength, SEM, and EDS. The 0.25% plantain pseudostem fibre reinforced mortar achieved 23.4% compressive strength improvement over unreinforced mortar specimens. There was between 6.89 and 13.80% increase in tensile strength of the plantain pseudostem fibre reinforced mortar over the unreinforced mortar specimens. A positive linear correlation was found between the compressive strength and tensile strength of cement mortar reinforced with plantain pseudostem fibres and lime with coefficient of determinant (R2) values between 0.909 and 0.869. It was also observed that the plantain pseudostem fibre reinforced mortar specimen had some microcracks and voids from the SEM analysis. Furthermore, EDS analysis showed the presence of calcium silicate hydrate with a Ca/Si ratio of between 1.02 and 2.49, and Al/Si ratio of between 0.76 and 0.81 as the main oxide. It therefore concluded that the incorporation of plantain pseudostem fibre and lime positively influenced the properties of the cement mortar with the 0.25% fibre content being recommended for construction application.

APPLICATION OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH FIBERS IN STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT AS A FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Henny Lydiasari ◽  
Ari Yusman Manalu ◽  
Rahmi Karolina
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Crack Length ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Structural Concrete ◽  
Empty Fruit Bunches ◽  
Construction Products ◽  
By Products ◽  
Strength Improvement

The potency of oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) fibers as one of the by-products of processing oil palm is increasing significantly so that proper management is needed in reducing environmental impact. One of the utilization of OPEFB fibers is as a substitution material in construction which usually the material is derived from non-renewable mining materials so that the number is increasingly limited. Therefore, it is necessary to study to know the performance of OPEFB fiber in making construction products especially concrete. In this case, the experiment was conducted using experimental method with variation of fiber addition by 0%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30%. Each specimen was tested by weight, slump value, compressive strength, tensile strength, elasticity and crack length. As the results, the variation of fibers addition by 10%, decrease of slump value is 7%, concrete weight is 3% and crack length is 8% while increase of the compressive strength is 2.7% and the modulus of elasticity is 33.3% but its tensile strength decreased insignificantly by 0.05% . Furthermore, the addition of fibers above 10% to 30% decreased compressive strength is still below 10% and tensile strength below 2% while the weight of concrete, slump value and crack length decreased. Therefore, the addition of 10% can replace the performance of concrete without fiber but the addition of above 10% can still be used on non-structural concrete.

Mechanical Strength and Resistance to Ultraviolet Radiation of Repairing Mortars Based on Epoxy Resin

2011 ◽  
Vol 391-392 ◽  
pp. 807-811
Author(s):  
Fang Liu ◽  
Zhi Bin Zhang ◽  
Ling Ling Xu ◽  
Ming Shu Tang
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Bond Strength ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Light Radiation ◽  
Mortar Specimen ◽  
High Durability ◽  
High Bond ◽  
High Bond Strength ◽  
Peak Value

The epoxy resin based repairing material(REM) is suitable for repairing cracks and holes in concrete or broken concrete due to its high bond strength and high durability. The compressive strength and flexile strength are 76.4MPa and ＞12.5MPa at 28d, and the retest strength still remain 73.4MPa and ＞12.5MPa respectively. The fracture location of cement mortar specimen bonded by RME is at cement mortar, that is, the bond strength between REM and cement mortar is more than mortar itself. The compressive strength of RME keeps 93.3% under ultraviolet light radiation (Peak Value 308nm, 49.5 W/m2) for 1700h.

Experimental Study on CaCO3 Whisker-Reinforced Fiber Cement Mortar

2011 ◽  
Vol 477 ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Li Cao ◽  
Hang Yao ◽  
Li Jiu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Fiber Length ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
High Thermal Stability ◽  
Polypropylene Fibers ◽  
Composite Effect ◽  
Reinforced Fiber ◽  
Reinforcing Material

As a kind of monocrystal reinforcing material, CaCO3 whisker has good characteristics of high strength, high module and high thermal stability. This research aims to optimize the microscopic structure of fiber cement mortar by adding CaCO3 whiskers and improve the macroscopic mechanical properties. The results showed that CaCO3 whiskers increased the flexural and compressive strength of cement mortar at 3d age by 29.5% and 19.8% at maximum respectively, which fell to 7.2% and 13.0% at 28d age; when CaCO3 whiskers content was 10% and polypropylene fibers content was 0.05%, compared with the pure cement mortar, the flexural and compressive strength were increased by 32.4% and 29.4% at 3d age and 7.6% and 4.6% at 28d age respectively; when the fiber length was 9mm, the composite effect of whiskers and fibers was more ideal; through the SEM analysis, the reinforcing mechanisms of CaCO3 whiskers and polypropylene fibers in cement mortar were discussed.

scholarly journals Tensile strength of 3D textiles reinforced cementitious composites plates

2018 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 04008
Author(s):  
Ikbal Gorgis ◽  
Waleed Abbas ◽  
Nadia Moneen
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Glass Fabric ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
3D Textiles

Tensile plate specimens with dimension of 450×100×40mm were cast with 3D glass fabric having three different thicknesses 6, 10 and 15mm to measure their tensile strength. Plates with one and two layers of chicken wires, as well as micro steel fiber of 0.75% volume fraction were tested under tensile for comparison with references plates. Cement mortar with 61.2MPa cube compressive strength at 28 days was designed for casing the plates. The results indicated that after cracking of the mortar the textile reinforcement adds a strain hardening trajectory, that cause failure to occurs at slightly higher load and a higher strain. The improvement in tensile strength at 28 days ranged between 5 to 30%, and for 90 days between 5 to 60% for the three types of fibres used. Based on the results a significant increase was indicated with micro steel fiber.

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties of Concrete and Hollow Concrete Blocks Containing Steel and Nylon Fibres

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3162-3168
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Steel Fibre ◽  
Concrete Block ◽  
Concrete Mix ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Concrete Blocks ◽  
Nylon Fibre ◽  
Strength Improvement

An attempt has been made in this paper to study the effect on the mechanical properties of the concrete and hollow concrete block when different types of fibres were added to the mix. The two different types of fibres added include Steel fibres with hooked end and of length 60mm at five different fibre ratios of 2.5%, 2.75%, 3.0%, 3.25% and 3.5% and Nylon fibres having a length of 18mm at the content of 0.5%, 0.75%, 1.0%, 1.25% and 1.50%. The concept of fibre hybridization was also analyzed and the effect was studied by preparing concrete mix with various percentage combinations of steel and nylon fibres at a total fibre ratio of 3% by weight of cement. The investigation focused on finding the optimum values of fibres to be added and also carried out the compressive strength and tensile strength of concrete with and without fibres. The compressive strength of hollow concrete blocks made with and without fibres was also analyzed. The samples of concrete and hollow concrete blocks were cast and immersed in water for a curing period of 28 days. The results on strength of fibre added concrete and hollow concrete block obtained was compared with the control mix result and the study concludes that the steel fibre and nylon fibre added concrete and hollow concrete block showed an improvement in the mechanical properties for each fibre ratio considered. Out of the various combinations of steel and nylon fibre tried, the best compressive strength improvement was exhibited by the concrete mix with 3% of the steel fibre without any addition of nylon fibres while the best tensile strength improvement was shown by the concrete mix with 2.25% of steel fibre and 0.75% of nylon fibre.

Microstructural Analysis for Cement Mortar with Different Nano Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 1002 ◽  
pp. 615-626
Author(s):  
Zahraa Fakhri Jawad ◽  
Rusul Jaber Ghayyib ◽  
Awham Jumah Salman
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Xrd Analysis ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Nano Materials ◽  
Composite Binder ◽  
Strength Enhancement ◽  
Strength Improvement

To study the influences of the nanomaterial upon the microstructure of the interfacial transition region of mortar that prepared with a composite binder comprising nanomaterial and to clarify its effect on the compressive strength improvement, in this study, the compressive strength, SEM analysis and XRD analysis were estimated for mortar containing different amounts of ZrO2, SiO2, Al2O3 and CaCO3 nanoparticles. Four different contents of each nanoparticles’ types were used as a partial replacement of cement with 1%, 1.5%, 3% and 5% by the weight of cement. Results manifested that the mortar compressive strength enhancement can be ascibed to the microstructure amelioration of the interfacial transition region. In addition, the XRD analysis and the SEM micrographs elucidated the formation of hydration compounds and the enhancement in bonding due to the existence of nanoparticles.

Local Silica Sand as a Substitute for Standard Ottawa Sand in Testing of Cement Mortar

2020 ◽  
Vol 1000 ◽  
pp. 220-226
Author(s):  
Wieke Pratiwi ◽  
Gaos Abdul Karim ◽  
Titi Rachmawati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Silica Content ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Silica Sand ◽  
Ottawa Sand ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Good Potential

Compressive strength of cement mortar is an important parameter in the quality control of Portland cement. The limitation of Ottawa sand imports has prompted a study on the potential and utilization of local silica sand available in several regions in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential and possibility of utilizing local silica sand from several regions in Indonesia including Bangka, Belitung, Sidrap (South Sulawesi Province) as a substitute for standard Ottawa sand in cement mortar testing. Evaluation of local silica sands consisted of SEM analysis, characterization of silica sands and testing of cement mortar compressive strength. Silica sands from Bangka, Belitung and Tuban had silica content of more than 90%, while that from Sidrap was more or less 90%. Based on the SEM analysis, characteristic of silica sands, and compressive strength of cement mortar, local silica sand from Sidrap (South Sulawesi Province) has a good potential to be used as a substitute for standard Ottawa sand in testing of cement mortar.

scholarly journals Effect of Graphene Oxide/Graphene Hybrid on Mechanical Properties of Cement Mortar and Mechanism Investigation

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongfang Sun ◽  
Li Ling ◽  
Zhili Ren ◽  
Shazim Ali Memon ◽  
Feng Xing
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Pore Size Distribution ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Mortar Specimen ◽  
Degree Of Hydration ◽  
Cement Mortars

This paper evaluated the effect of graphene oxide/graphene (GO/GR) hybrid on mechanical properties of cement mortar. The underlying mechanism was also investigated. In the GO/GR hybrid, GO was expected to act as a dispersant for GR while GR was used as reinforcement in mortar due to its excellent mechanical properties. For the mortar specimen, flexural and compressive strength were measured at varied GO to GR ratios of 1:0, 3:1, 1:1, 1:3, and 0:1 by keeping the total amount of GO and GR constant. The underlying mechanism was investigated through the dispersibility of GR, heat releasing characteristics during hydration, and porosity of mortar. The results showed that GO/GR hybrid significantly enhanced the flexural and compressive strength of cement mortars. The flexural strength reached maximum at GO:GR = 1:1, where the enhancement level was up to 23.04% (28 days) when compared to mortar prepared with only GO, and up to 15.63% (7 days) when compared to mortar prepared with only GR. In terms of compressive strength, the enhancement level for GO:GR = 3:1 was up to 21.10% (3 days) when compared with that of mortar incorporating GO only. The enhancement in compressive strength with mortar at GO:GR = 1:1 was up to 14.69% (7-day) when compared with mortar incorporating GR only. In addition to dispersibility, the compressive strength was also influenced by other factors, such as the degree of hydration, porosity, and pore size distribution of mortar, which made the mortars perform best at different ages.

scholarly journals Effect of Recycled Plastic in Mortar and Concrete and the Application of Gamma Irradiation - A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 05027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliyu Usman ◽  
Muslich Hartadi Sutanto ◽  
Madzlan Napiah
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
Waste Plastic ◽  
Detailed Review ◽  
Concrete Production ◽  
Recycled Plastics ◽  
Recycled Waste

The utilization of a large amount of waste in concrete production is considered the best alternative for solving the issues associated with improper disposal. Plastic waste is considered as one of such waste and could be utilized in several applications. The drawback associated with the utilization of a large amount of plastic waste is the decrease in the mechanical properties of the mortar or concrete as the case may be. This paper presents a detailed review about waste recycled plastics and research published on the effect of non-irradiated recycled plastic on the mechanical properties of cement mortar and cement concretes as either fillers or aggregates and the application of gamma radiation on the recycled plastic waste. The effect of recycled waste plastic on compressive strength, flexural strength and splitting tensile strength is discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals Comparison of Thermomechanical Properties of Cement Mortar with Kenaf And Polypropylene Fibers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zarina Itam ◽  
Salmia Beddu ◽  
Nur Amalina Nadiah Basri
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Cement Mortar ◽  
Thermomechanical Properties ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Polypropylene Fibers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Kenaf Fibers

In the past decades, Fiber Reinforced Concrete has been gaining more attention in the concrete research development. There are many advantages of the inclusion of fiber into reinforced concrete structures. It was found that the inclusion of fibers in concrete, be it synthetic or natural, resulted in the improvement of the thermal properties of concrete, as well as its strength to some extent. However, the inclusion of fibers in concrete does affects its thermo-mechanical properties. The objective of this study is to identify the potential of the addition Polypropylene and Kenaf fibers in cement mortar at different compositions (0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.3%). Eight mixes were analyzed for this purpose. Upon investigating the flow ability, compressive strength, tensile strength, and thermal conductivity of the mortar samples, it was found that the incorporation of PP and Kenaf fibers reduced the flow ability. Cement mortar samples containing 0.1% addition of PP and Kenaf fibers show the highest compressive strength compared to other percentages, while samples containing 0.3% addition of PP and Kenaf fibers show the highest tensile strength compared to other percentages. The thermal conductivity of mortar samples shows reduction when high percentages of both fibers were used.

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