Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams

In view of sustainable development in the construction industry, investigation has been carried out on fly ash-based geopolymer concrete, which is an environmentally friendly material that uses geopolymer paste as binder instead of Portland cement. Previous studies on the engineering properties and...

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Main Authors: Chang, Ee Hui, Sarker, Prabir, Lloyd, Natalie, Rangan, B. Vijaya
Other Authors: R I Gilbert
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Concrete Institute of Australia 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33614
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author Chang, Ee Hui
Sarker, Prabir
Lloyd, Natalie
Rangan, B. Vijaya
author2 R I Gilbert
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Chang, Ee Hui
Sarker, Prabir
Lloyd, Natalie
Rangan, B. Vijaya
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description In view of sustainable development in the construction industry, investigation has been carried out on fly ash-based geopolymer concrete, which is an environmentally friendly material that uses geopolymer paste as binder instead of Portland cement. Previous studies on the engineering properties and structural behaviour of geopolymer concrete have shown promising potential of this material. This paper describes the bond behaviour between geopolymer concrete and reinforcing bars in tensile splices in beams. Twelve full-scale beam specimens with lap-spliced reinforcing bars were cast and tested in the laboratory to study the bond performance of geopolymer concrete. The effects of concrete compressive strength, bar diameter and splice length of the bars on bond strength of lap splices in geopolymer concrete were evaluated. Test results, including general behaviour of beams, failure modes and cracking patterns were gathered and analysed. Current analytical models and codes provision to predict bond strength for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) concrete were used to analyse the bond strength of test specimens. Good correlation between test and analytical results were found. This study also demonstrates the excellent potential of geopolymer concrete for use as a construction material.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-336142017-01-30T13:38:09Z Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams Chang, Ee Hui Sarker, Prabir Lloyd, Natalie Rangan, B. Vijaya R I Gilbert bond behaviour beams splice strength geopolymer concrete In view of sustainable development in the construction industry, investigation has been carried out on fly ash-based geopolymer concrete, which is an environmentally friendly material that uses geopolymer paste as binder instead of Portland cement. Previous studies on the engineering properties and structural behaviour of geopolymer concrete have shown promising potential of this material. This paper describes the bond behaviour between geopolymer concrete and reinforcing bars in tensile splices in beams. Twelve full-scale beam specimens with lap-spliced reinforcing bars were cast and tested in the laboratory to study the bond performance of geopolymer concrete. The effects of concrete compressive strength, bar diameter and splice length of the bars on bond strength of lap splices in geopolymer concrete were evaluated. Test results, including general behaviour of beams, failure modes and cracking patterns were gathered and analysed. Current analytical models and codes provision to predict bond strength for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) concrete were used to analyse the bond strength of test specimens. Good correlation between test and analytical results were found. This study also demonstrates the excellent potential of geopolymer concrete for use as a construction material. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33614 Concrete Institute of Australia fulltext
spellingShingle bond behaviour
beams
splice strength
geopolymer concrete
Chang, Ee Hui
Sarker, Prabir
Lloyd, Natalie
Rangan, B. Vijaya
Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams
title Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams
title_full Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams
title_fullStr Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams
title_full_unstemmed Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams
title_short Bond Behaviour of Reinforced Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Beams
title_sort bond behaviour of reinforced fly ash-based geopolymer concrete beams
topic bond behaviour
beams
splice strength
geopolymer concrete
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33614