scholarly journals Blast-Resistant Performance of Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (HFRC) Panels Subjected to Contact Detonation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Wenjin Yao ◽  
Weiwei Sun ◽  
Ze Shi ◽  
Bingcheng Chen ◽  
Le Chen ◽  
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This paper experimentally investigates the blast-resistant characteristics of hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete (HFRC) panels by contact detonation tests. The control specimen of plain concrete, polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and steel fiber-reinforced concrete were prepared and tested for characterization in contrast with PP-Steel HFRC and PVA-Steel HFRC. The sequent contact detonation tests were conducted with panel damage recorded and measured. Damaged HFRC panels were further comparatively analyzed whereby the blast-resistance performance was quantitively assessed via damage coefficient and blast-resistant coefficient. For both PP-Steel and PVA-Steel HFRC, the best blast-resistant performance was achieved at around 1.5% steel + 0.5% PP-fiber hybrid. Finally, the fiber-hybrid effect index was introduced to evaluate the hybrid effect on the explosion-resistance performance of HFRC panels. It revealed that neither PP-fiber or PVA-fiber provide positive hybrid effect on blast-resistant improvement of HFRC panels.

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 707
Author(s):  
Le Chen ◽  
Weiwei Sun ◽  
Bingcheng Chen ◽  
Sen Xu ◽  
Jianguo Liang ◽  
...  

This paper deals with the blast-resistant performance of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber-reinforced concrete (PVA-FRC) panels with a contact detonation test both experimentally and numerically. With 2% fiber volumetric content, SFRC and PVA-FRC specimens were prepared and comparatively tested in comparison with plain concrete (PC). SFRC was found to exhibit better blast-resistant performance than PVA-FRC. The dynamic mechanical responses of FRC panels were numerically studied with Lattice Discrete Particle Model-Fiber (LDPM-F) which was recently developed to simulate the meso-structure of quasi-brittle materials. The effect of dispersed fibers was also introduced in this discrete model as a natural extension. Calibration of LDPM-F model parameters was achieved by fitting the compression and bending responses. A numerical model of FRC contact detonation was then validated against the blast test results in terms of damage modes and crater dimensions. Finally, FRC panels with different fiber volumetric fractions (e.g., 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%) under blast loadings were further investigated with the validated LDPM-F blast model. The numerical predictions shed some light on the fiber content effect on the FRC blast resistance performance.


2008 ◽  
Vol 400-402 ◽  
pp. 391-394
Author(s):  
Ming Hui Wei ◽  
Yi Ping Liu ◽  
Li Qun Tang ◽  
Xiao Qing Huang

Flexure behaviors of plain concrete (PC), steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC), polymer modified concrete (PMC), steel fiber reinforced and polymer modified concrete (SFRPMC) and hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC) with steel fiber and polymer fiber are studied in this paper, flexure tests were carried out and flexure strengths of the five different materials with different mixture ratios were measured and compared. Flexure ductility of PC, PMC, SFRC, and SFRPMC were calculated and compared. In addition, considering performance and cost estimation comprehensively, HFRC is recommended, preliminary tests show that HFRC may be one of the potential materials for bridge pavement.


2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 1630-1634
Author(s):  
Xin Hua Cai ◽  
Zhen He ◽  
Wen Liu

PVA fiber reinforced cement-based composite is a new high-performance cement-based composite material, which usually manufactured with PVA short fibers (does not exceed 2.5% vol.) and cement-based matrix. It has a significant strain-hardening characteristic and excellent crack controlling ability. Its ultimate tensile strain is up to 3% and crack width is not exceed 100μm. PVA fiber reinforced cement-based composite can be utilized to fabricated high energy absorption opponents, such as protective shield, seismic joint, impact-resistant site, etc. In this paper, the basic mechanical properties of PVA fiber reinforced cement-based composite has been tested and verified first. Then the impact resistance of PVA reinforced cement-based composite has been investigated via drop weight impact test, and compared with ones of plain concrete and steel fiber reinforced concrete with the same strength grade. Through analyzing the test results, it is concluded that PVA reinforced cement-based composite’s impact energy absorption is 48 times than plain concrete, and 9 times than steel fiber reinforced concrete respectively. The impact numbers of PVA reinforced cement-based composite is slightly lower than steel fiber reinforced concrete, but its impact absorption energy after initial cracking is 15 times than steel fiber reinforced concrete. In conclusion, PVA reinforced cement-based composite is an excellent impact material.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
José Valdez Aguilar ◽  
César A. Juárez-Alvarado ◽  
José M. Mendoza-Rangel ◽  
Bernardo T. Terán-Torres

Concrete barely possesses tensile strength, and it is susceptible to cracking, which leads to a reduction of its service life. Consequently, it is significant to find a complementary material that helps alleviate these drawbacks. The aim of this research was to determine analytically and experimentally the effect of the addition of the steel fibers on the performance of the post-cracking stage on fiber-reinforced concrete, by studying four notch-to-depth ratios of 0, 0.08, 0.16, and 0.33. This was evaluated through 72 bending tests, using plain concrete (control) and fiber-reinforced concrete with volume fibers of 0.25% and 0.50%. Results showed that the specimens with a notch-to-depth ratio up to 0.33 are capable of attaining a hardening behavior. The study concludes that the increase in the dosage leads to an improvement in the residual performance, even though an increase in the notch-to-depth ratio has also occurred.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781402094402
Author(s):  
Dong An ◽  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Linghan Meng ◽  
Guangyao Cui

The fault-crossing tunnel in meizoseismal area is directly subjected to strong ground motion, which leads to the failure of the tunnel lining. In order to improve the seismic safety of tunnel, fiber-reinforced concrete is applied to tunnel lining in this article. Taking the section of Zhongyi tunnel crossing Wanlong fault as an example, seismic performance of fiber-reinforced concrete tunnel lining was studied by finite difference numerical calculation software FLAC3D. The seismic displacement, stress response, and side wall convergence of secondary lining structures which are plain concrete, steel fiber-reinforced concrete, and steel-basalt hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete were comparatively analyzed. Moreover, the safety factor of each lining structure was investigated with the present numerical model. With the obtained data, seismic performance of steel-basalt hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete secondary lining is better than that of steel fiber-reinforced concrete secondary lining. The results may provide references for seismic design of fault-crossing tunnels in meizoseismal area.


Fibers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boglárka Bokor ◽  
Máté Tóth ◽  
Akanshu Sharma

Increased loading rates on fasteners may be caused by high ground accelerations as a consequence of e.g., nuclear explosions, earthquakes or car collisions. It was concluded by Hoehler et al. (2006) that fasteners under rapid loading rates show an increased ultimate resistance in the concrete dominant failure modes or the ultimate resistance is at least as large as under quasi-static loading. Due to the increased demand on using fasteners in steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC), it is intended to show how the ultimate concrete cone capacity of fasteners changes under higher than quasi-static loading rate in normal plain concrete (PC) and in SFRC. This paper presents the results of an extensive experimental program carried out on single fasteners loaded in tension in normal plain concrete and in SFRC. The test series were conducted using a servo-hydraulic loading cylinder. The tests were performed in displacement control with a programmed ramp speed of 1, 100, 1000, and 3500 mm/min. This corresponded to calculated initial loading rates ranging between 0.4 and 1600 kN/s. The results of the tension tests clearly show that the rate-dependent behavior of fasteners in SFRC with 30 and 50 kg/m3 hooked-end-type fibers fits well to the previously reported rate-dependent concrete cone behavior in normal plain concrete. Additionally, a positive influence of the fibers on the concrete cone capacity is clearly visible.


2017 ◽  
Vol 744 ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asif Jalal ◽  
Nasir Shafiq ◽  
Ehsan Nikbakht ◽  
Rabinder Kumar ◽  
Muhammad Zahid

This study focuses on the study of the mechanical behavior of non-metallic hybrid Basalt-PVA fiber reinforced concrete. Total five mixes were investigated with one control plain concrete and four with fiber volume fraction of 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.9% and 1.2%. Basalt and PVA were used in same quantity. Fiber decreased workability, therefore superplasticizer was used to maintain workability constant. The increase in superplasticizer and fiber content decreased compression, split tensile and flexure strengths because of formation of big size pores. Whereas fiber enhanced the post peak load zone in the load-deflection curve. Fiber improved the bridging action by increasing energy absorption. Fiber vanished the brittle behavior of high strength concrete and increased first crack toughness, flexure toughness and also maximum deflection. 0.3% volume fraction of fiber was found to be optimum with the negligible decrease in compression, split tensile and flexure strength while caused the considerable increase in first crack toughness, flexure toughness, and maximum deflection.


2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 1237-1241
Author(s):  
Guo Dong Mei ◽  
Xiao Fan Liu ◽  
Ji Xiang Li ◽  
Wen Fu Duan

The cracking bending strength for steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC) had been studied based on experimental test. the inicial cracking strength achieve significant improvement compare to plain concrete, and the highest increase is 16.7%. There is a synergistic effect exist when steel fiber is 1.0% in volume or polypropylene fiber is 0.1% in volume, and the synergistic effect raise to vertex (1.043) when both of those two requirements are fulfilled.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 4055-4058
Author(s):  
Dong Qing He ◽  
Yan Yan Zhao

In order to study the effects of the application of layer steel fibers and polypropylene fibers on dry-shrinkage properties of concrete, the contrast experiments on the dry-shrinkage ratio and mass-loss ratio of ordinary concrete(OC), layer steel fiber reinforced concrete(LSFRC) and layer hybrid fiber reinforced concrete(LHFRC) under constant temperature (20±2°C) and constant humidity(relative humidity 60±5%) condition were carried out. The dry-shrinkage ratio of LHFRC is smaller obviously than OC’s and LSFRC’s, and achieve a reduction of 26.9%, the dry-shrinkage ratio of LHFRC after adding grinding slag and fly ash achieve a reduction of 40.2% at the age of 180 days. However, the mass-loss of LHFRC is larger than OC’s, and achieve an increment of 18.3% at the age of 180 days, LHFRC after adding grinding slag and fly ash’s is consistent with OC’s. The dry-shrinkage properties of concrete will be improved remarkably by adding layer hybrid fiber.


2011 ◽  
Vol 311-313 ◽  
pp. 1588-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Soo Nam ◽  
Gyu Yong Kim ◽  
Hiroyuki Miyauchi ◽  
Young Seok Jeon ◽  
Heon Kyu Hwang

Recently, the damaged building and loss of life have been increasing by man-made disasters. In this study, the blast resistance performance of fiber reinforced concrete against explosion was evaluated by the emulsion explosive and AUTODYN. The concrete without fiber was penetrated by emulsion explosive of 4605 kJ/kg and its back side was fractured heavily. The concretes with PVA, PE and Steel fiber have a higher blast resistance than that of concrete without fiber. Consequentially, the blast resistance of concrete was analyzed from viewpoint of fracture mode by AUTODYN and it was concluded that the fiber content is a beneficial for the blast resistance performance of concrete.


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