Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications
© 2014 Woodhead Publishing Limited. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Concrete is brittle and has low tensile and flexural strength and strain capacity. Fibres make it ductile or quasi-ductile with improved tensile and flexural strength, strain capacity, toughness and energy absorption...
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| description | © 2014 Woodhead Publishing Limited. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Concrete is brittle and has low tensile and flexural strength and strain capacity. Fibres make it ductile or quasi-ductile with improved tensile and flexural strength, strain capacity, toughness and energy absorption. The binder in fibre-reinforced cement composites (FRCCs) is mainly Portland cement. Environmental awareness in the construction industry is promoting alternative binders to reduce the amount of CO 2 released. The binders in FRCCs can be replaced with inorganic binders, called geopolymeric cement, to create fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs), which are greener. This chapter discusses mechanical properties for FRGCs reinforced with short fibres. Ductile fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (DFRGCs) exhibiting strain hardening and multiple cracking in flexure are presented. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-692372018-06-29T12:35:46Z Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications Shaikh, Faiz © 2014 Woodhead Publishing Limited. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Concrete is brittle and has low tensile and flexural strength and strain capacity. Fibres make it ductile or quasi-ductile with improved tensile and flexural strength, strain capacity, toughness and energy absorption. The binder in fibre-reinforced cement composites (FRCCs) is mainly Portland cement. Environmental awareness in the construction industry is promoting alternative binders to reduce the amount of CO 2 released. The binders in FRCCs can be replaced with inorganic binders, called geopolymeric cement, to create fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs), which are greener. This chapter discusses mechanical properties for FRGCs reinforced with short fibres. Ductile fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (DFRGCs) exhibiting strain hardening and multiple cracking in flexure are presented. 2018 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69237 10.1016/B978-0-08-102166-8.00023-2 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Shaikh, Faiz Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications |
| title | Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications |
| title_full | Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications |
| title_fullStr | Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications |
| title_short | Fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (FRGCs) for structural applications |
| title_sort | fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (frgcs) for structural applications |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69237 |