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Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling

Concrete is the most widely used and most affordable construction material. The structural damage that concrete cracks and fractures may cause can be severe. These concerns have lately been alleviated by new developments in fibre concretes. Recent advancements in fibrous concrete and its evolution h...

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Autores principales: Ponnambalam, Nirmal, Thangavel, Sarathkumar, Murali, Gunasekaran, Vatin, Nikolai Ivanovich
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9369750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35955193
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15155259
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author Ponnambalam, Nirmal
Thangavel, Sarathkumar
Murali, Gunasekaran
Vatin, Nikolai Ivanovich
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Thangavel, Sarathkumar
Murali, Gunasekaran
Vatin, Nikolai Ivanovich
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description Concrete is the most widely used and most affordable construction material. The structural damage that concrete cracks and fractures may cause can be severe. These concerns have lately been alleviated by new developments in fibre concretes. Recent advancements in fibrous concrete and its evolution have been rapidly drawing researchers’ attentions worldwide, which motivates the development of a new type of composite with superior impact resistance. Preplaced aggregate fibrous concrete (PAFC) is a revolutionary composite comprising a higher dosage of fibres. It has outstanding impact resistance that surpasses those of traditional fibrous concrete. The impact behaviour of PAFC in addition to glass fibre mesh (GFM) has not been investigated thoroughly. To fill this research gap, this study investigates the impact performance of three-layered PAFC comprising steel fibres and GFM insertion. Eight different mixtures were prepared and can be divided into two groups. In the first group, specimens were made with 4% fibres and two single, double and triple layers of GFM insertion between the three-layered concrete. The second group of specimens was reinforced with 5, 2 and 5% steel fibres at the top, middle and bottom layers, respectively. However, the GFM insertion scheme for the second group was the same as the first. Rectangular specimens of size 500 × 100 × 100 mm were cast and tested against drop weight impact. The parameters studied were cracking impact numbers, failure impact number, ductility index and failure patterns. In addition, an analytical model was used to evaluate the impact failure energies. Results indicate that the combined action of steel fibre and GFM exhibited an excellent impact resistance. Increasing the number of GFM insertions between the specimen layer led to increased impact strength. The dose of the fibres utilized in the outer layer of the PAFC was increased, resulting in the material having a higher impact resistance. The cracking impact numbers improved from 28 to 40%, and failure impact numbers ranged from 58.8 to 92.2% when the GFM insertion numbers increased from one to three.
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spelling pubmed-93697502022-08-12 Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling Ponnambalam, Nirmal Thangavel, Sarathkumar Murali, Gunasekaran Vatin, Nikolai Ivanovich Materials (Basel) Article Concrete is the most widely used and most affordable construction material. The structural damage that concrete cracks and fractures may cause can be severe. These concerns have lately been alleviated by new developments in fibre concretes. Recent advancements in fibrous concrete and its evolution have been rapidly drawing researchers’ attentions worldwide, which motivates the development of a new type of composite with superior impact resistance. Preplaced aggregate fibrous concrete (PAFC) is a revolutionary composite comprising a higher dosage of fibres. It has outstanding impact resistance that surpasses those of traditional fibrous concrete. The impact behaviour of PAFC in addition to glass fibre mesh (GFM) has not been investigated thoroughly. To fill this research gap, this study investigates the impact performance of three-layered PAFC comprising steel fibres and GFM insertion. Eight different mixtures were prepared and can be divided into two groups. In the first group, specimens were made with 4% fibres and two single, double and triple layers of GFM insertion between the three-layered concrete. The second group of specimens was reinforced with 5, 2 and 5% steel fibres at the top, middle and bottom layers, respectively. However, the GFM insertion scheme for the second group was the same as the first. Rectangular specimens of size 500 × 100 × 100 mm were cast and tested against drop weight impact. The parameters studied were cracking impact numbers, failure impact number, ductility index and failure patterns. In addition, an analytical model was used to evaluate the impact failure energies. Results indicate that the combined action of steel fibre and GFM exhibited an excellent impact resistance. Increasing the number of GFM insertions between the specimen layer led to increased impact strength. The dose of the fibres utilized in the outer layer of the PAFC was increased, resulting in the material having a higher impact resistance. The cracking impact numbers improved from 28 to 40%, and failure impact numbers ranged from 58.8 to 92.2% when the GFM insertion numbers increased from one to three. MDPI 2022-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9369750/ /pubmed/35955193 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15155259 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling
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title_full Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling
title_fullStr Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling
title_full_unstemmed Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling
title_short Impact Strength of Preplaced Aggregate Concrete Comprising Glass Fibre Mesh and Steel Fibres: Experiments and Modeling
title_sort impact strength of preplaced aggregate concrete comprising glass fibre mesh and steel fibres: experiments and modeling
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9369750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35955193
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15155259
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