Shafigh, Payam and Mahmud, Hilmi and Jumaat, Mohd Zamin (2011) Effect of steel fiber on the mechanical properties of oil palm shell lightweight concrete. Materials & Design, 32 (7). pp. 3926-3932. ISSN 0261-3069, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.02.055.
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This paper reports the results of a study conducted to investigate the effect of low volume content of steel fiber on the slump, density, compressive strength under different curing conditions, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity of a grade 35 oil palm shell (OPS) lightweight concrete mixture. The results indicate that an increase in steel fiber decreased the workability and increased the density. All the mechanical properties except the modulus of elasticity (E) improved significantly. The 28. day compressive strength of steel fiber OPS lightweight concrete in continuously moist curing was in the range of 41-45. MPa. The splitting tensile/compressive and the flexural/compressive strength ratio for plain OPS concrete are comparable with artificial lightweight aggregate. The (E) value measured in this study was about 15.5. GPa on average for all mixes, which is higher than previous studies and is in the range of normal weight concrete. Steel fiber can be used as an alternative material to reduce the sensitivity of OPS concrete in poor curing environments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | 770YT Times Cited:1 Cited References Count:30 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | A. Concrete, B. Steel fiber, E. Mechanical property, Alternative materials, Curing condition, E. Mechanical, Flexural strength, Light weight aggregate, Modulus of elasticity, Moist curing, Normal weight concrete, Oil palm, Splitting tensile strength, Steel fibers, Strength ratios, Volume content, Compressive strength, Curing, Elastic moduli, Fibers, Tensile strength, Mechanical properties. |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Mr Jenal S |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2013 00:59 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2019 05:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/5905 |
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