scholarly journals Residual Stress-Strain Relationship of Scoria Aggregate Concrete with the Addition of PP Fiber after Fire Exposure

Fire ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Bin Cai ◽  
Yu Tao ◽  
Feng Fu

Scoria aggregate concrete (SAC) as new green material has been gradually used in some construction projects for its lightweight and high strength, which can reduce the environmental impact of construction materials. In this paper, the residual mechanical properties and intact compressive stress-strain relationships of polypropylene (PP) fiber-reinforced Scoria aggregate concrete after high-temperature exposure at 20, 200, 400, 600, and 800 °C were investigated. The failure modes of PP fiber-reinforced Scoria aggregate concrete specimens and the effect of high temperatures on the peak stress, secant modulus, and peak strain were obtained. The results showed that the residual compressive strength of heated concrete is significantly reduced when the temperature exceeds 400 °C. The residual strength and residual secant modulus of PP fiber-reinforced Scoria aggregate concrete are significantly higher than those of ordinary concrete. The Scoria aggregate concrete specimens with PP fibers exhibited fewer surface cracks and fewer edge bursts under high temperatures. The residual stress-strain equation of the Scoria aggregate concrete was established by regression analysis, which agreed well with the experimental results.

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5741
Author(s):  
Muhammad Junaid Munir ◽  
Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi ◽  
Yu-Fei Wu ◽  
Xiaoshan Lin ◽  
Muhammad Riaz Ahmad

The addition of macro-polypropylene fibres improves the stress-strain performance of natural aggregate concrete (NAC). However, limited studies focus on the stress-strain performance of macro-polypropylene fibre-reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). Considering the variability of coarse recycled aggregates (CRA), more studies are needed to investigate the stress-strain performance of macro-polypropylene fibre-reinforced RAC. In this study, a new type of 48 mm long BarChip macro-polypropylene fibre with a continuously embossed surface texture is used to produce BarChip fibre-reinforced NAC (BFNAC) and RAC (BFRAC). The stress-strain performance of BFNAC and BFRAC is studied for varying dosages of BarChip fibres. Results show that the increase in energy dissipation capacity (i.e., area under the curve), peak stress, and peak strain of samples is observed with an increase in fibre dosage, indicating the positive effect of fibre addition on the stress-strain performance of concrete. The strength enhancement due to the addition of fibres is higher for BFRAC samples than BFNAC samples. The reduction in peak stress, ultimate strain, toughness and specific toughness of concrete samples due to the utilisation of CRA also reduces with the addition of fibres. Hence, the negative effect of CRA on the properties of concrete samples can be minimised by adding BarChip macro-polypropylene fibres. The applicability of the stress-strain model previously developed for macro-synthetic and steel fibre-reinforced NAC and RAC to BFNAC and BFRAC is also examined.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2215
Author(s):  
Tian-Wen Chen ◽  
Jin Wu ◽  
Guo-Qing Dong

The application of recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) made from waste concrete to replace natural coarse aggregate (NCA) in concrete structures can essentially reduce the excessive consumption of natural resources and environmental pollution. Similar to normal concrete structures, recycled concrete structures would also suffer from the damage of carbonation, which leads to the deterioration of durability and the reduction of service life. This paper presents the experimental results of the cubic compressive strength, the static elastic modulus and the stress–strain relation of recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RAC) after carbonation. The results show that the cubic compressive strength and the static elastic modulus of carbonated RAC gradually increased with the carbonation depth. The uncarbonated and fully carbonated RAC show smaller static elastic modulus than natural aggregate concrete (NAC). As the carbonation depth increased, the peak stress increased, while the peak strain decreased and the descending part of the curves gradually became steeper. As the content of RCA became larger, the peak stress decreased, while the peak strain increased and the descending part of the curves gradually became steeper. An equation for stress–strain curves of RAC after carbonation was proposed, and it was in good agreement with the test results.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 3638
Author(s):  
Kunting Miao ◽  
Yang Wei ◽  
Xi Zhang ◽  
Kaiqi Zheng ◽  
Fenghui Dong

A new structure termed “concrete-filled FRP-grooved steel composite tube (CFGCT) column” is proposed, which is composed of a stress-released steel tube (i.e., grooved steel tube), fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) and concrete. Axial load tests were carried out on twenty-four specimens to investigate the constraint effect of this structure. Three main experimental variables were considered: the steel tube thickness, the FRP type, and the FRP layer. The failure modes, stress-strain relationships and the effect of the main experimental variables were discussed. The stress-strain curves of this new structure are composed of an initial linear part, a nonlinear transition part, a strengthening part and a residual part. The test results demonstrate that the bearing capacity of the structure was improved, and that the mechanical mechanism of the structure was simplified due to the stress-released grooves. Based on the test results and previous studies, formulas for calculating the ultimate stress (fcu), ultimate strain (εcu), peak stress (fcc) and peak strain (εcc) were proposed. In addition, models for predicting the stress-strain curves of CFGCT columns were put forward, and the models could precisely simulate the stress-strain curve of this new composite structure. Hence, this study indicates that a structure composed of FRP and stress-released steel tube can effectively constrain concrete.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 4064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Lv ◽  
Tianhua Zhou ◽  
Qiang Du ◽  
Kunlun Li ◽  
Kai Sun

The recycling of waste tires in lightweight aggregate concrete (LC) would achieve huge environmental and societal benefits, but the effects of rubber particles on the partial properties of LC are not clear (e.g., the stress–strain relationship). In this paper, uniaxial compressive experiments were conducted to evaluate the stress–strain relationship of self-compacting rubber lightweight aggregate concrete (SCRLC). Rubber particles were used to replace sand by volume, and substitution percentages of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% were set as influence factors. Experimental results indicate that with increased rubber particles substitution percentage, the cubic compressive strength and axial compressive strength of SCRLC decreased, while the failure modes of SCRLC prism specimens gradually changed from brittle to ductile failure. As the rubber particles substitution percentage increased from 0% to 50%, the peak strain of SCRLC increased whereas peak stress, elastic modulus, and peak secant modulus of SCRLC deceased, the descending stage of stress–strain curves became softer. The rubber particles substitution percentage of 30% was the critical point at which an obvious change in the properties of SCRLC occurred. Based on the data collected from experimental studies, a predictive model for SCRLC was established and a further prediction of the SCRLC stress–strain relationship was given.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 2370
Author(s):  
Tao Cui ◽  
Haoxiang He ◽  
Weiming Yan

In order to establish accurate compressive constitutive model of Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (HFRC), 10 groups of HFRC specimens containing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polypropylene (PP), and steel fibers are designed and compressive testing is conducted. On the basis of summarizing and comparing the existing research, accuracy of various stress-strain constitutive model is compared and the method of calculating fitting parameters is put forward, peak stress, peak strain, and elastic modulus of specimens with different fiber proportion are analyzed, the calculation expressions of each fitting parameter are given. The results show that, under the condition that the volume of the hybrid fiber is 2% with the proportion of the steel fiber increase, the strength of the specimen increases, the peak strain decreases slightly, and the elastic modulus increases significantly. In specimens mixed with PVA-PP hybrid fiber, with the increase of PVA fiber proportion, the peak stress and elastic modulus of the material are improved, and the peak strain are decreased. The existing stress-strain expressions agree well with the tests. Accuracy of exponential model proposed in this paper is the highest, which can be applied in engineering and nonlinear finite element analysis of components.


2014 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodilson Amorim Carneiro ◽  
Paulo Roberto Lopes Lima ◽  
Mônica Batista Leite ◽  
Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

2014 ◽  
Vol 1014 ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Xiao Ping Su

With the wide application of high strength concrete in the building construction,the risk making concrete subject to high temperatures during a fire is increasing. Comparison tests on the mechanical properties of high strength concrete (HSC) and normal strength concrete (NSC) after the action of high temperature were made in this article, which were compared from the following aspects: the peak stress, the peak strain, elasticity modulus, and stress-strain curve after high temperature. Results show that the laws of the mechanical properties of HSC and NSC changing with the temperature are the same. With the increase of heating temperature, the peak stress and elasticity modulus decreases, while the peak strain grows rapidly. HSC shows greater brittleness and worse fire-resistant performance than NSC, and destroys suddenly. The research and evaluation on the fire-resistant performance of HSC should be strengthened during the structural design and construction on the HSC buildings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3351
Author(s):  
Bo Ke ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Hongwei Deng ◽  
Xiangru Yang

The effect of temperature fluctuation on rocks needs to be considered in many civil engineering applications. Up to date the dynamic characteristics of rock under freeze-thaw cycles are still not quite clearly understood. In this study, the dynamic mechanical properties of sandstone under pre-compression stress and freeze-thaw cycles were investigated. At the same number of freeze-thaw cycles, with increasing axial pre-compression stress, the dynamic Young’s modulus and peak stress first increase and then decrease, whereas the dynamic peak strain first decreases and then increases. At the same pre-compression stress, with increasing number of freeze-thaw cycles, the peak stress decreases while the peak strain increases, and the peak strain and peak stress show an inverse correlation before or after the pre-compression stress reaches the densification load of the static stress–strain curve. The peak stress and strain both increase under the static load near the yielding stage threshold of the static stress–strain curve. The failure mode is mainly shear failure, and with increasing axial pre-compression stress, the degree of shear failure increases, the energy absorption rate of the specimen increases first and then decreases. With increasing number of freeze-thaw cycles, the number of fragments increases and the size diminishes, and the energy absorption rates of the sandstone increase.


1968 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Ladanyi ◽  
J P Morin ◽  
C Pelchat

The post-peak stress-strain behaviour in undrained shear of three different clays has been investigated by using an indirect method. This method, which is in principle similar to that used by Kallstenius (1963), consists in first compressing a clay specimen to a given post-peak strain between two parallel platens and subsequently determining its current remoulded strength by the laboratory vane method. By a repeated compression procedure, axial strains of up to 200 per cent have been attained. As the three clays tested differed widely in sensitivity, a comparison of their post-peak behaviour made clearly apparent the effect of structural breakdown on the reserve shear strength at large strains.


2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 1736-1740
Author(s):  
Xue Yong Zhao ◽  
Mei Ling Duan

The complete stress-strain curves of recycled aggregate concrete with different recycled coarse aggregate replacement percentages were tested and investigated. An analysis was made of the influence of varying recycled coarse aggregate contents on the complete stress-strain curve, peak stress, peak strain and elastic modulus etc. The elastic modulus of RC is lower than natural concrete (NC), and with the recycled coarse aggregate contents increase, it reduces. While with the increase of water-cement ratio (W/C), recycled concrete compressive strength and elastic modulus improve significantly. In addition, put forward a new equation on the relationship between Ec and fcu of the RC.


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