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Flexural performance of fiber-reinforced ultra lightweight cement composites with low fiber content
Abstract This paper presents an experimental study on flexural performance of ultra lightweight cement composites (ULCC) with 0.5vol% fibers. Low density of the ULCC is achieved by using cenospheres from coal-fired power plants as micro aggregates. Effects of shrinkage reducing admixture (SRA) and fiber types on compressive strength and flexural performance of the ULCC are investigated. ULCC with density of 1474kg/m3, compressive strengths of 68.2MPa, flexural strength of 8MPa, and deflection hardening behavior can be produced. Such good performance could be attributed primarily to the SRA which reduced entrapped air in paste matrix and densified fiber–matrix interface. The improvement on the flexural performance of the ULCC depends on fibers used and bond between fibers and matrix. Improvement of the flexural performance of the steel fiber (coated with brass) reinforced ULCC due to the densification effect by SRA was more significant than that of the PE fiber reinforced ULCC.
Flexural performance of fiber-reinforced ultra lightweight cement composites with low fiber content
Abstract This paper presents an experimental study on flexural performance of ultra lightweight cement composites (ULCC) with 0.5vol% fibers. Low density of the ULCC is achieved by using cenospheres from coal-fired power plants as micro aggregates. Effects of shrinkage reducing admixture (SRA) and fiber types on compressive strength and flexural performance of the ULCC are investigated. ULCC with density of 1474kg/m3, compressive strengths of 68.2MPa, flexural strength of 8MPa, and deflection hardening behavior can be produced. Such good performance could be attributed primarily to the SRA which reduced entrapped air in paste matrix and densified fiber–matrix interface. The improvement on the flexural performance of the ULCC depends on fibers used and bond between fibers and matrix. Improvement of the flexural performance of the steel fiber (coated with brass) reinforced ULCC due to the densification effect by SRA was more significant than that of the PE fiber reinforced ULCC.
Flexural performance of fiber-reinforced ultra lightweight cement composites with low fiber content
Wang, Jun-Yan (author) / Chia, Kok-Seng (author) / Liew, Jat-Yuen Richard (author) / Zhang, Min-Hong (author)
Cement and Concrete Composites ; 43 ; 39-47
2013-06-12
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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