Abstract
Recycled concrete reinforced by polypropylene fibers boosts an alternative sustainable solution to address the need of reusing waste concrete. This paper reports experimental and analytical studies of static and dynamic comprehensive behavior on recycled concrete specimens reinforced with different contents of polypropylene fiber (PPF). Electro-hydraulic pressure testing was used to obtain static compressive strength, whereas 74 mm diameter Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) was applied for dynamic impact compression tests at four strain rates. In addition, the reinforcing mechanism of polypropylene fiber on recycled concrete was analyzed of the micro-structure through Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Finally, ANSYS/LS-DYNA was applied for the simulation of the SHPB test, which was validated by good agreements of the stress waveform and failure modes of the fiber-reinforced recycled concrete specimen during the impact test. It appears that polypropylene fiber can optimize the microscopic pore structure inside the concrete, thus effectively improving the mechanical properties of recycled concrete which were originally defected by recycled aggregate. Also, higher strain rates significantly increase dynamic compressive strength as well as impact toughness. This study shows that the optimal content of polypropylene fiber in recycled concrete is 0.1% – 0.2%. The numerical simulation by ANSYS/LS-DYNA further proved that the HOLMQUIST-JOHNSON-COOK (HJC) constitutive model can better reflect the dynamic performance of concrete.
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Abbreviations
- c 0 :
-
The elastic wave velocity
- E :
-
The elastic modulus of the compression bar
- DIF:
-
Dynamic increase factor
- HJC:
-
HOLMQUIST-JOHNSON-COOK
- PPF:
-
Polypropylene fiber
- RC35-01:
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The tested recycled concrete with a strength grade of 35 MPa and a volume rate of 0.1% polypropylene fiber
- SEM:
-
Scanning electron microscope
- SHPB:
-
Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar
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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51608168).
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Wei, F., Li, L., Zhu, Y. et al. Experimental Study on Mechanical Performance and Microstructure of Polypropylene Fiber Recycled Concrete. KSCE J Civ Eng 27, 3060–3073 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-023-2222-2
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