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Experimental Investigation on Fracture Performance of Short Basalt Fiber Bundle Reinforced Concrete

Jinggan Shao^1,2, Jiao Ma¹, Renlong Liu¹, Ye Liu³, Pu Zhang^1,*, Yi Tang⁴, Yunjun Huang²

1 School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
2 Henan Traffic Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, 450015, China
3 Key Laboratory of Deep Underground Science and Engineering (Ministry of Education), College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
4 Henan Provincial Communications Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, 450015, China

* Corresponding Author: Pu Zhang. Email:

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring 2022, 16(4), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2022.015097

Received 21 November 2020; Accepted 15 December 2020; Issue published 03 January 2023

Abstract

In this paper, a notched three-point bending test is used to study the fracture performance of the short basalt fiber bundle reinforced concrete (SBFBRC). To compare and analyze the enhancement effect of different diameters and different content of basalt fiber bundles on the fracture performance of concrete, some groups are set up, and the P-CMOD curves of each group of specimens are measured, and the fracture toughness and fracture energy of each control group are calculated. The fracture toughness and fracture energy are two important fracture performance parameters to study the effect and law of the new basalt fiber bundles on the fracture performance of concrete. The research results show that the diameter and content of the new basalt fiber bundles have a certain effect on the fracture performance of concrete. With the increase of the content of basalt fiber bundles, the peak load, crack initiation toughness, instability toughness and fracture energy of SBFBRC are greatly improved compared with the benchmark group. When the fiber bundle diameter is 0.2 mm, the peak load increases by 69.5% compared with the reference group. The instability toughness reaches its maximum value at 0.2 mm diameter, which is 59.7% higher than the benchmark.

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