The objective of this experimental study is to evaluate the effect of treated and untreated Jute fibers on the behavior of concrete members. Fifteen samples of concrete reinforced by JFRP are subjected to a compression test. The main issues investigated are the ultimate load, and the effect of treatment on fiber morphology. It has shown that the treatment of fibers by 2% of Potassium hydroxide during 24h in a liquor ratio of 10:1 decreases the maximum load capacity. On the other hand, the reinforcement of concrete members using untreated Jute Fibers Reinforced Polymer (JFRP) increases the maximum load capacity. As well as the augmentation of the number of layers of fibers fabric increases the maximum load capacity of concrete of 36.6% and 57.3% in the case of C3-JFRP-2L, C3-JFRP-3L respectively.
The objective of this experimental study is to evaluate the effect of untreated and treated Jute fibers, on the behavior of concrete members. The first category of Jute fibers fabrics is treated in the alkaline treatment of 4% of NaOH solution and the second one in 2% of the Potassium hydroxide solution, during 24h in a liquor ratio of 10:1. In the case of specimens reinforced by treated fibers in 4% of NaOH have noted an increase of 25% compared to unreinforced specimens and 10.93% compared to untreated specimens. This concludes that the mechanical properties of the composite are enhanced by the treatment of the Jute fibers in 4% of NaOH. They become more compatible with the matrix, which increases the maximum load capacity of the reinforced specimens. On the other hand, it has seen that the treatment of fibers by 2% of Potassium hydroxide decreases the maximum load capacity of specimens reinforced by treaded fibers compared to untreated specimens. This means that the treatment by 2% of KOH has a negative effect on the properties of the Jute fibers fabrics.
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