Synergetic effects of hybrid steel and recycled tyre polymer fibres on workability, mechanical strengths and toughness of concrete

Chen, Meng; Feng, Jun; Cao, Yuxin; Zhang, Tong

doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.130421

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“…The test concrete is composed of various components, such as river sand, fly ash, stone, water, steel bars, cement, etc. The composition of the concrete mixture is changed by adding a high-efficiency water-reducing agent and recycled steel fiber [34][35][36].…”

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Experimental Study on Flexural Performance of Recycled Steel Fiber Concrete Beams

Yan,

Gao,

Fan

et al. 2023

Buildings

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We sorted the waste from mechanical processing to form recycled steel fibers. In order to study the flexural mechanical properties of reinforced concrete beams after the addition of recycled steel fibers, four recycled steel fiber concrete beams (RSFCBs) and one normal concrete beam (NCB) were designed and poured using the volume fraction of steel fibers (0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%) as the variables. Normal section bending tests were conducted on them under a concentrated load. We obtained experimental data such as the cracking load, ultimate load, mid-span deflection, and steel and concrete strain of the beam by gradually loading the test beam, and we observed and recorded the development of cracks. The results indicate that the NCB exhibits crushing failure, while the RSFCBs exhibit equilibrium failure. The addition of recycled steel fibers effectively controls the extension of cracks, resulting in a better bending toughness of the beam. The bending performance of RSFCBs with different volume additions shows a trend of first increasing and then decreasing with the increase in steel fiber content. The peak value was reached when the steel fiber content was 1.5%, which increased the bending bearing capacity by 54.72% compared with the NCB. With the increase in steel fiber content, the required load value for tensile steel bars to yield also increases, reaching a peak at a content of 1.5%, which increases the bending bearing capacity by 44.64% compared with the NCB. The addition of recycled steel fibers enables the beam to improve its bearing capacity while limiting the development of longitudinal reinforcement strain, allowing the longitudinal reinforcement to yield under higher loads and improving the overall bending performance of the beam.

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confidence: 99%