Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC)
Abstract. Additional of fiber in concrete creates fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) with an improvement of the mechanical properties of the concrete. However, fiber incorporation in FRC is limited to 2% to allow normal mixing procedure. To address this issue, high performance fiber reinforced concr...
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Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
2015
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| Summary: | Abstract. Additional of fiber in concrete creates fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) with an
improvement of the mechanical properties of the concrete. However, fiber incorporation in FRC is
limited to 2% to allow normal mixing procedure. To address this issue, high performance fiber
reinforced concrete (HPFRC) is introduced and it is relatively new in construction industry. Since
very limited information on its capacity in tropical climate condition exposure, this research focuses
on investigation of compressive strength and microstructure properties of the produced concrete in
tropical climate condition. In order to complete this research, grade 80 cement slurry is used with 3%,
4% and 5% hooked-end steel fiber. Total numbers of 56 samples which are divided into 4 sets and
exposed to two different curing methods namely water curing method and steam curing method at
80oC. Out of the 4 sets, 2 sets are exposed to tropical climate condition using climatic chamber at 80%
relative humidity (RH) and constant temperature of 35oC for 30 days. Compression and ultrasonic
pulse velocity (UPV) tests are carried out at 28 days to identify its strength as well as integrity of the
concrete produced. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis is done to ascertain the microstructure properties of HPFRC. The highest compressive strength of 152.2 MPa was recorded for steam curing samples after exposed to tropical climate condition for 30 days with 5% steel fiber volume.
Keywords: High performance concrete; fiber reinforced concrete; concrete durability |
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