Strength properties of hybrid nylon-steel and polypropylene-steel fibre-reinforced high strength concrete at low volume fraction

Yew, Ming Kun and Othman, Ismail and Yew, Ming Chian and Yeo, S.H. and Mahmud, Hilmi (2011) Strength properties of hybrid nylon-steel and polypropylene-steel fibre-reinforced high strength concrete at low volume fraction. International Journal of Physical Sciences, 6 (33). pp. 7584-7588. ISSN 1992-1950, DOI https://doi.org/10.5897/IJPS11.736.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5897/IJPS11.736

Abstract

The strength properties of hybrid nylon-steel fibre-reinforced concrete were investigated in comparison to that of polypropylene-steel fibre-reinforced concrete, at the same volume fraction (0.5%). The content of the high performance macro structure steel fibres is at 0.4% volume fraction, and the content of micro nylon and polypropylene-fibres is at 0.1% volume fraction. The experimental results show that the compressive strength and splitting tensile strengths and modulus of rupture (MOR) properties of the nylon-steel fibre concrete improved by 3.2, 8.3 and 10.2%, respectively, over those of the polypropylene-steel fibre concrete. On the impact resistance, the first-crack and failure strengths, and the percentage increase in the post first-crack blows improved more for the nylon-steel-fibre concrete than for its polypropylene-steel fibre concrete counterpart. These two forms of fibres work complimentarily and there is a synergy effect in the hybrid fibres system. The aforementioned listed improvements of the hybrid nylon-steel fibers register a higher tensile strength, possibly due to its better dispersion of concrete, and they are bond with mixture as well. © 2011 Academic Journals.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Concrete; Fibre reinforcement; Hybrid composite; Mechanical properties
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Mr. Faizal Hamzah
Date Deposited: 13 Oct 2011 02:02
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2019 03:28
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/2186

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