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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/acc.2015.3.4.283

Compressive strength and failure behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete at elevated temperatures  

Shaikh, F.U.A. (Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University)
Taweel, M. (Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University)
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Advances in concrete construction / v.3, no.4, 2015 , pp. 283-293 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the effects of elevated temperatures of $400^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$ on the residual compressive strength and failure behaviour of fibre reinforced concretes and comparison is made with that of unreinforced control concrete. Two types of short fibres are used in this study e.g., steel and basalt fibres. The results show that the residual compressive strength capacity of steel fibre reinforced concrete is higher than unreinforced concrete at both elevated temperatures. The basalt fibre reinforced concrete, on the other hand, showed lower strength retention capacity than the control unreinforced concrete. However, the use of hybrid steel-basalt fibre reinforcement recovered the deficiency of basalt fibre reinforced concrete, but still slightly lower than the control and steel fibres reinforced concretes. The use of fibres reduces the spalling and explosive failure of steel, basalt and hybrid steel-basalt fibres reinforced concretes oppose to spalling in deeper regions of ordinary control concrete after exposure to above elevated temperatures. Microscopic observation of steel and basalt fibres surfaces after exposure to above elevated temperatures shows peeling of thin layer from steel surface at $800^{\circ}C$, whereas in the case of basalt fibre formation of Plagioclase mineral crystals on the surface are observed at elevated temperatures.
Keywords
concrete; fibres; elevated temperatures; fire; compressive strength; failure behaviour;
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