Abstract
Fibers are especially used to boost different characteristics of concrete and to make concrete efficient, wherever it lacks performance. This study was carried after addition of synthetic fibers namely Polypropylene fibers and Steel fibers and their respective effects on some important characteristics of concrete like mechanical properties, crack analysis, permeability, and spalling at ambient and raised temperatures. It was found that polypropylene enhances the mechanical properties and impact resistance of concrete. An optimum quantity of fiber enhances these properties, but if fiber dosage exceeds the optimum dosage, there is a certain decrement in properties. Although the optimum percentage obtained was different for different properties, but in general, all properties got enhanced if the addition of polypropylene was less than 2%. Polypropylene also increased the spalling resistance of concrete up to 600 °C, but beyond 600 °C, it reduces the effect of spalling and could not prevent it entirely. The inclusion of steel fibers to concrete showed a significant positive influence on the mechanical properties at high temperatures and increased the temperature at which spalling occurs up to a dosage of 1–1.5%, beyond 1.5%, compressive strength decreases. Between 20 and 700 °C, steel fiber reinforced concrete showed 40% more split tensile strength than normal concrete.
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Abbreviations
- Notations:
-
Full Form
- CS:
-
Compressive strength
- E/E’:
-
Relative elastic modulus
- FA:
-
Fly ash
- fc/f’c:
-
Relative compressive strength
- FRC:
-
Fiber reinforced concrete
- ft/f’t:
-
Relative tensile strength
- fu :
-
Ultimate compressive stress
- GGBS:
-
Ground granulated blast furnace slag
- H–C:
-
Heating-cooling
- HPC:
-
High-performance concrete
- HPP:
-
High performance synthetic macro polypropylene
- HPPF:
-
High performance synthetic macro polypropylene fibers
- HSC:
-
High strength concrete
- HyFRC:
-
Hybrid fiber reinforced concrete
- M1:
-
Concrete mix with 0% fiber
- M2:
-
Concrete mix with 1% fiber
- M3:
-
Concrete mix with 1.5% fiber
- M4:
-
Concrete mix with 2% fiber
- MK:
-
Metakaolin
- MOE:
-
Modulus of elasticity
- NC:
-
Normal concrete
- NSC:
-
Normal strength concrete
- PP12:
-
Polypropylene fiber of 12 mm length
- PPF:
-
Polypropylene fibers
- PPFRC:
-
Polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete
- PVA:
-
Polyvinyl alcohol (fibers).
- RC:
-
Reinforced concrete
- RC80/60 BN:
-
Dramix® bright and low carbon steel fiber reinforced concrete of fiber length 60 mm and slenderness ratio of 80 [ ø of fiber = 0.75 mm)
- RCS:
-
Residual compressive strength
- S0:
-
Self-compacting concrete mix with no polypropylene fibers (control mix)
- SCC:
-
Self-compacting concrete
- Sf:
-
Steel fiber
- SF:
-
Silica fume
- SFRC:
-
Steel fiber reinforced concrete
- SP1:
-
Self-compacting concrete mix with 0.1% polypropylene fibers by volume
- SP2:
-
Self-compacting concrete mix with 0.3% polypropylene fibers by volume
- STS:
-
Split tensile strength
- WPPF:
-
Waste polypropylene fibers
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Bhat, M., Rehman, M.U., Shafi, I. et al. The Effect of Polypropylene and Steel Fibers on the Properties of Concrete at Normal and Elevated Temperatures—A Review. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Civ Eng 46, 1805–1823 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40996-021-00751-3
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