Effect of nanofillers and production methods to control the interfacial characteristics of glass bundles in textile fabric cement-based composites

Mechanical performance of epoxy coated AR-glass fabric Textile Reinforced Mortar: Influence of coating thickness and formulation

“…As a consequence, failure occurs in a distinctive "telescopic pullout" manner, i.e. through sliding of inner over outer strands (just as in the unfolding of a telescope) [6,5].…”

“…To address this weakness, fibre-matrix interphase modification can be considered and polymer coating comes as a natural choice to capitalize on the experience with FRPs [11,18]. Mineral coating agents may be considered instead, such as silica, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nanoclays, especially when fire resistance is a serious concern [6,14,19]. Polymer-based liquid impregnation agents can be employed at the lamination stage (wet phase) and their action mechanism is clearly related to their capacity to bridge the fabric-to-matrix interface [16].…”

“…In [6], the role of organic and inorganic nanofillers on the mechanical performance of AR-glass TRC is investigated . Nanofillers act as an extra adhesion/frictional phase and they are applied to the glass bundles according to two different strategies: wet and dry.…”

Targeting functionalised carbon nanotubes at the interphase of Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) composites

“…The addition of nano-fillers in the coating formulation can also be pursued and preliminary investigations are ongoing. In the paper by Cohen and Peled [23], mechanical performance of textile reinforced concrete (TRC) is assessed against the application of organic and inorganic nanofillers for inducing high friction resistance. Nano-particles suitable for this purpose comprise, among many, carbon-based fillers or organoclays [24,25,26].…”

Property improvements of alkali resistant glass fibres/epoxy composite with nanosilica for textile reinforced concrete applications

“…These nanoscale surface defects are providing extra stress at the tip of the cracks that can lead to cracking at low stress level [8]. The second problem is the improper interfacial bonding between each filament of ARG rovings, which leads to the pullout of fibres from the epoxy or adhesive matrix and reduces the load bearing capacities of TRC or ARG/epoxy composites [9].…”