Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC)
Additional of fiber in concrete creates fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) with an improvement of the mechanical properties of the concrete. However, fiber incorporation in FRC is limited to 2% to allow normal mixing procedure. To address this issue, high performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRC) i...
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| description | Additional of fiber in concrete creates fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) with an improvement of the mechanical properties of the concrete. However, fiber incorporation in FRC is limited to 2% to allow normal mixing procedure. To address this issue, high performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRC) is introduced and it is relatively new in construction industry. Since very limited information on its capacity in tropical climate condition exposure, this research focuses on investigation of compressive strength and microstructure properties of the produced concrete in tropical climate condition. In order to complete this research, grade 80 cement slurry is used with 3%, 4% and 5% hooked-end steel fiber. Total numbers of 56 samples which are divided into 4 sets and exposed to two different curing methods namely water curing method and steam curing method at 80°C. Out of the 4 sets, 2 sets are exposed to tropical climate condition using climatic chamber at 80% relative humidity (RH) and constant temperature of 35°C for 30 days. Compression and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) tests are carried out at 28 days to identify its strength as well as integrity of the concrete produced. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis is done to ascertain the microstructure properties of HPFRC. The highest compressive strength of 152.2 MPa was recorded for steam curing samples after exposed to tropical climate condition for 30 days with 5% steel fiber volume. |
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| spelling | upm-585532018-01-23T02:53:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58553/ Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) Saad, Siti Asmahani Abd. Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta Ali, Maisarah Additional of fiber in concrete creates fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) with an improvement of the mechanical properties of the concrete. However, fiber incorporation in FRC is limited to 2% to allow normal mixing procedure. To address this issue, high performance fiber reinforced concrete (HPFRC) is introduced and it is relatively new in construction industry. Since very limited information on its capacity in tropical climate condition exposure, this research focuses on investigation of compressive strength and microstructure properties of the produced concrete in tropical climate condition. In order to complete this research, grade 80 cement slurry is used with 3%, 4% and 5% hooked-end steel fiber. Total numbers of 56 samples which are divided into 4 sets and exposed to two different curing methods namely water curing method and steam curing method at 80°C. Out of the 4 sets, 2 sets are exposed to tropical climate condition using climatic chamber at 80% relative humidity (RH) and constant temperature of 35°C for 30 days. Compression and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) tests are carried out at 28 days to identify its strength as well as integrity of the concrete produced. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis is done to ascertain the microstructure properties of HPFRC. The highest compressive strength of 152.2 MPa was recorded for steam curing samples after exposed to tropical climate condition for 30 days with 5% steel fiber volume. Trans Tech Publications 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58553/1/Effect%20of%20tropical%20climate%20condition%20to%20compressive%20strength%20and%20microstructure%20properties%20of%20high%20performance%20fiber%20reinforced%20reinforced%20concrete%20%28HPFRC%29.pdf Saad, Siti Asmahani and Abd. Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta and Ali, Maisarah (2015) Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC). Advanced Materials Research, 1115. pp. 182-187. ISSN 1022-6680; ESSN: 1662-8985 https://www.scientific.net/AMR.1115.182 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1115.182 |
| spellingShingle | Saad, Siti Asmahani Abd. Aziz, Farah Nora Aznieta Ali, Maisarah Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) |
| title | Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) |
| title_full | Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) |
| title_fullStr | Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) |
| title_short | Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC) |
| title_sort | effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (hpfrc) |
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