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Fibers and fiber cocktails to improve fire resistance of concrete

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Our study was directed to improve the residual flexural strength and the heat-resistant properties of concrete exposed to high temperatures using different fiber cocktail loadings including steel, polymer or cellulose fibers. At first the morphology and the thermal properties of the fibers and the fiber/cement composites were investigated by SEM and TG/DTA-MS. Then the influence of fiber type and amount on residual flexural strength was tested after cooling back from 150, 500 or 800 °C temperature loadings. By adding steel, cellulose and polymer (polypropylene) fibers to cement, improvements both in post-cracking residual flexural strength and in insensitivity against explosive spalling were reached.

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  1. Department of Construction Materials and Technologies, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp 3, Budapest, 1111, Hungary

    Olivér Czoboly, Éva Lublóy, Viktor Hlavička & György L. Balázs

  2. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szt. Gellért tér 4, Budapest, 1111, Hungary

    Orsolya Kéri & Imre Miklós Szilágyi

  3. Technical Analytical Chemistry Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Szt. Gellért tér 4, Budapest, 1111, Hungary

    Imre Miklós Szilágyi

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Czoboly, O., Lublóy, É., Hlavička, V. et al. Fibers and fiber cocktails to improve fire resistance of concrete. J Therm Anal Calorim 128, 1453–1461 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-016-6038-x

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