EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE SUBJECTED TO MONOTONIC LOADS

Authors

  • Eduardo Nuñez-Castellanos Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0858-988X
  • Ronald Torres-Moreno Instituto de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas 1051, Venezuela
  • Salvador Ligas-Fonseca Instituto de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas 1051, Venezuela
  • Guillermo Bustamante-Laissle Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción, Chile
  • Nelson Maureira-Carsalade Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2016-1154
  • Angel Roco-Videla Facultad de Salud, programa de Magíster en Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, General Gana 1702, Santiago, Chile and CAMIPER, Escuela de altos estudios, Camara Minera del Perú, Los Canarios 105, Lima, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8850-1018

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-78256638

Abstract

THE PROPERTIES OF FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE WERE STUDIED UNDER MONOTONIC LOADS ACCORDING TO JAPANESE, NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN CODES. TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIKA POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE WERE WITH DIFFERENT DOSAGES. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TESTS WERE PERFORMED, OBTAINING RESISTANCE TO COMPRESSION, TENSION, BENDING, TOUGHNESS, AND ENERGY ABSORPTION IN THE HARDENED STATE. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT THE ADDITION OF FIBRES AFFECTS THE WORKABILITY OF THE CONCRETE MIX. THE INCREASE IN FIBRE DOSAGE DOES NOT AFFECT COMPRESSIVE, TENSILE, OR FLEXURAL STRENGTH. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CHANGES FROM BRITTLE TO MORE DUCTILE, ALLOWING IT TO REACH RESIDUAL STRENGTHS OF 50% OF THE MAXIMUM REACHED AND 200% DEFORMATION. THE DISSIPATED ENERGY INCREASED WITH INCREASING FIBRE DOSAGE. THE PERFORMANCE ACHIEVED BY BOTH FIBRES WAS SIMILAR, ALTHOUGH THE OPTIMAL DOSAGE WAS 6 KG/M3 FOR TYPE A FIBRES AND 8 KG /M3 FOR TYPE B. THEREFORE, THE REPLACEMENT OF FLEXURAL REINFORCING STEEL IN THE FOUNDATION SLABS OF ONE-STORY BUILDINGS CAN BE PERFORMED IF ADEQUATE DOSAGES ARE USED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ESTABLISHED ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES FOR INDUSTRIAL FLOOR DESIGN.

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Published

2021-10-06

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 8 (2021)

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