Effect of tropical climate condition to compressive strength and microstructure properties of high performance fiber reinforced reinforced concrete (HPFRC)

Saad, Siti Asmahani and Abdul 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

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Abstract

Abstract. 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 80oC. 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 35oC 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. Keywords: High performance concrete; fiber reinforced concrete; concrete durability

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	4627/46788
Uncontrolled Keywords:	High performance concrete; fiber reinforced concrete; con crete durability
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials of engineering and construction
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof Ir Maisarah Ali
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2016 12:22
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2016 08:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/46788

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