Flexural Performance and Crack Damage Mitigation of Plain Concrete Beams Layered with Reinforced SHCC Materials with Polyethylene Fibers

Required performance for repair materials are strength, ductility, durability and bonding with the substrate concrete. Various kinds of fiber-reinforced cement composites (FRCCs) have been developed and used as repair materials. Strain-hardening cement based composites (SHCC) is one of the effective repair materials that can be used to improve crack-damage tolerance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. SHCC is a superior FRCC that has multiple cracking characteristic and pseudo strain-hardening behavior. The expansive admixture, which can be used to reduce shrinkage in SHCC materials with less workability by controlling interfacial bonding performance between SHCC and substrate concrete. For the application of SHCC as a repair material to RC structures, this study investigates the flexural performance of expansive SHCC-layered concrete beam. Test variables include the replacement levels of expansive admixture (0 and 10%), repair thickness (30 and 40 mm), and compressive strength of SHCC (30, 70 and 100 MPa). Four point bending tests on concrete beams strengthened with SHCCs were carried out to evaluate the contribution of SHCC on the flexural capacity. The result suggested that expansive SHCC materials can be used for repairing and strengthening of concrete infrastructures.

폴리에틸렌 단일섬유를 혼입한 SHCC로 휨 보강된 콘크리트 보의 균열손상 제어 및 휨 성능

보수 보강재는 강도, 안정성, 내구성, 모재와의 부착력 등 많은 특성이 필요하며, 최근 변형경화형 시멘트 복합체(strain-hardening cement-based composite, SHCC)가 기존의 재료를 대체할 수 있는 성능으로 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 팽창형 SHCC는 팽창재를 이용하여 수축이 발생하는 SHCC의 단점을 보완하여 성능을 개선시킨 복합체로 이를 이용해 보강재의 성능을 만족시키면서 동시에 강도 증진 효과를 가져올 수 있을 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 SHCC 보강재의 강도, 팽창재 대체 여부 및 보강 두께를 변수로 하여 휨 성능을 평가하였으며, 실제 보강에 적용 시 기초 자료로 활용하고자 한다.