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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sss.2020.25.1.097

Experimental study for ZnO nanofibers effect on the smart and mechanical properties of concrete  

Arbabi, Amir (Department of Civil Engineering, Jasb Branch, Islamic Azad University)
Kolahchi, Reza (Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University)
Bidgoli, Mahmood Rabani (Department of Civil Engineering, Jasb Branch, Islamic Azad University)
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Smart Structures and Systems / v.25, no.1, 2020 , pp. 97-104 More about this Journal
Abstract
Due to the superior properties of nanoparticles, using them has been increased in concrete production technology. In this study, the effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles on the mechanical and smart properties of concrete was studied. At the first, the ZnO nanoparticles are dispersed in water using shaker, magnetic stirrer and ultrasonic devices. The nanoparticles with 3.5, 0.25, 0.75, and 1.0 volume percent are added to the concrete mixture and replaced by the appropriate amount of cement to compare with the control sample without any additives. In order to study the mechanical and smart properties of the concrete, the cubic samples for determining the compressive strength and cylindrical samples for determining tensile strength with different amounts of ZnO nanoparticles are produced and tested. The most important finding of this paper is about the smartness of the concrete due to the piezoelectric properties of the ZnO nanoparticles. In other words, the concrete in this study can produce the voltage when subjected to mechanical load and vice versa it can induce the mechanical displacement when subjected to external voltage. The experimental results show that the best volume percent for ZnO nanoparticles in 28-day samples is 0.5%. In other words, adding 0.5% ZnO nanoparticles to the concrete instead of cement leads to increases of 18.70% and 3.77% in the compressive and tensile strengths, respectively. In addition, it shows the best direct and reverse piezoelectric properties. It is also worth to mention that adding 3.5% zinc oxide nanoparticles, the setting of cement is stopped in the concrete mixture.
Keywords
experimental study; zinc oxide nanoparticles; compressive strength; tensile strength; piezoelectric;
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