Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites

This paper presents some experimental results on the corrosion durability of cracked reinforced concrete beams made with plain mortar and strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites (SHFRCCs) containing polyethylene and steel-polyethylene hybrid fibres. All beams are subjected to cycli...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Shaikh, Mihashi, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Engineers Media Pty Ltd 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29914
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description This paper presents some experimental results on the corrosion durability of cracked reinforced concrete beams made with plain mortar and strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites (SHFRCCs) containing polyethylene and steel-polyethylene hybrid fibres. All beams are subjected to cyclic wetting and drying using water containing 3% sodium chloride (NaCl). In addition, an external potential is also applied to the reinforcement to accelerate the corrosion. Corrosion of steel bars is monitored through a pair of sensors attached to the reinforcing bar in each beam. Test results show that beams containing SHFRCC material exhibited better corrosion protection than that of plain mortar beams. Among all specimens, beams containing hybrid steel-polyethylene fibre-reinforced SHFRCC exhibited the best corrosion protection.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-299142017-01-30T13:16:08Z Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites Ahmed, Shaikh Mihashi, H. This paper presents some experimental results on the corrosion durability of cracked reinforced concrete beams made with plain mortar and strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites (SHFRCCs) containing polyethylene and steel-polyethylene hybrid fibres. All beams are subjected to cyclic wetting and drying using water containing 3% sodium chloride (NaCl). In addition, an external potential is also applied to the reinforcement to accelerate the corrosion. Corrosion of steel bars is monitored through a pair of sensors attached to the reinforcing bar in each beam. Test results show that beams containing SHFRCC material exhibited better corrosion protection than that of plain mortar beams. Among all specimens, beams containing hybrid steel-polyethylene fibre-reinforced SHFRCC exhibited the best corrosion protection. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29914 Engineers Media Pty Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Ahmed, Shaikh
Mihashi, H.
Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
title Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
title_full Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
title_fullStr Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
title_full_unstemmed Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
title_short Corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
title_sort corrosion durability of strain hardening fibre-reinforced cementitious composites
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29914