• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2020

Flexural and splitting strength behavior of conventional concrete can significantly be improved by incorporating the fibers in it. A significant number of research studies have been conducted on various types of fibers and their influence on the tensile capacity of concrete. However, as an important property, tensile capacity of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) is not modelled properly. Therefore, this paper intends to formulate a model based on experiments that show the relationship between the fiber properties such as the aspect ratio (length/diameter), fiber content, compressive strength, flexural strength and splitting strength of FRC. For the purpose of modeling, various FRC mixes only with steel fiber are adopted from the existing research papers. Automated neural network search (ANS) is then developed and used to investigate the effect of input parameters such as fiber content, aspect ratio and compressive strength to the output parameters of flexural and splitting strength of FRC. It is found that the ANS model can be used to predict the flexural and splitting strength of FRC in a sensible precision.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2003

This paper presents experimental and analytical results of glass fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) and polypropylene fiber-reinforced concrete (PERC) to investigate the relationship between tensile strength and compressive strength based on the split cylinder test (ASTM C496) and compressive strength test (ASTM C39). Experimental studies were performed on cylinder specimens having 150 mm in diameter an 300 mm in height with two different fiber contents (1.0 and 1.5％ by volume fraction) at ages of 7, 28 and 90 days. A total of 90 cylinder specimens were tested including specimens made of the plain concrete. The experimental data have been used to obtain the relationship between tensile strength and compressive strength. A representative equation is proposed for the relationship between tensile strength and compressive strength of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) including glass and polypropylene fibers. There is a good agreement between the average experimental results and those calculated values from the proposed equation.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제13권 2호
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• pp.133-152
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• 2022

Ecological issues such as natural resource reduction and enormous waste disposals are increasingly leading in developing civilization toward sustainable construction. The two primary environmental issues are the depletion of natural resources and the disposal of trash in open landfills. Waste steel fiber (WSF) was investigated for usage as a cement-based concrete (CBC) constituent in this research. Recycling waste fibers both makes cement composites more long and cost-effective, also aids in pollution reduction. The objective of this study is to analyze the impacts of waste fiber on the fresh and mechanical features of concrete using recycled additives. A comparative research on the durability and mechanical qualities of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) constructed with natural aggregates was conducted for this aim. The obstacles to successful WSF recycling methods application in the building industry have been investigated, resulting that CBCs with these fibers make an economic and long lasting choice to deal with waste materials. The workability of fiber enhanced concrete was found to be comparable to that of normal concrete. Fibers have a considerable impact on the splitting tensile strength, flexural and compressive strength of recycled concrete. Fiber may enhance the water permeability. When the WSF content is 0.6 kg/m3, the water absorption is nearly half. Fibers would have no effect on its permeability.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.473-479
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 도로포장용 콘크리트의 성능향상을 목적으로 폴리프로필렌(PP), 나일론(NY), 폴리비닐알코올(PVA) 및 셀룰로우스(CL)의 섬유 종류에 변화를 주어 도로포장용 섬유보강 콘크리트(FRC)의 공학적 특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 굳지 않은 콘크리트의 특성으로 유동성은 OPC에 비해 섬유를 혼입할 경우 저하하는 경향을 나타내었으나, 혼합 즉시는 PP섬유, 60분 경시변화까지도 고려하면 NY섬유에서 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 공기량은 OPC와 유사한 경향을 나타내며, 섬유 혼입으로 인한 공기량의 변화는 크지 않았다. 경화 콘크리트의 특성으로 압축강도 및 휨강도는 Plain에 비하여 모든 재령에서 섬유를 혼입할 경우 증가하는 경향을 나타내었는데, 섬유 종류별로는 NY, PVA, PP, CL순이었다. 단, 인장강도에서는 NY 및 PP일 경우만 증가하는 경향이었다. 포로시미터에 의한 세공분포는 NY섬유를 혼입할 경우 섬유의 영향으로 $1{\mu}m$ 전후의 세공량이 많이 분포하여 누적 세공량이 커지는 경향을 나타내었다. 따라서 유동성 및 강도 등을 종합적으로 고려할 때, 이 연구의 실험 조건에서는 NY섬유 혼입 시 최상의 결과가 도출되는 것으로 분석되었다.