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Investigation of hybrid fibre reinforced self- Compacting concrete beam-column joints with and without ductile detailing
Published in SPB Pharma Society
2016
Volume: 9
   
Issue: 4
Pages: 3496 - 3503
Abstract
Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is one of the special kind of concretes, capable of flowing freely of its own and filling the form-work without the need for vibration. This superior quality of SCC enables reduction in various forms of pollution such as noise, usage of fossil fuel involved in cement manufacture, consumption of cement itself by way of adding sustainable materials as mineral admixtures, etc. The by-products obtained from various industries are potentially used in concrete-making, thus serving as a means of their disposal too. As a result of adding more powder, segregation of aggregates is also avoided. Furthermore, discrete fibres could also be added to SCC, either individually (mono) or in combination (hybrid). When mono fibres are incorporated in to SCC, it gives rise to Fibre Reinforced SCC (FRSCC). The process of addition of more than one fibre to SCC mix, termed as hybridization, leads to the formation of Hybrid Fibre Reinforced SCC (HFRSCC). The current research work endeavours to employ two industrial wastes, namely fly ash (FA) and silica fume (SF), as powder materials, and to optimize their proportions in the SCC mixture. Further, through a series of experiments conducted by the authors previously, three different fibres, viz., hooked-end steel fibre, polypropylene (PP) fibre and AR glass fibre were identified as most suitable for hybridization. Keeping steel fibre as the base, two different combinations of hybrid fibre SCC, i.e., steel fibre-AR glass fibre (SG-HFRSCC) and steel fibre-PP fibre (SP-HFRSCC) were formulated, by suitably varying the volume fractions of the individual fibres, while keeping the total volume fraction constant. The results of the experiments on mechanical properties and stress-strain behaviour of these concrete mixes had indicated that various mechanical properties got enhanced due to the synergy of hybrid fibres. Both SCC - with FA and/or SF -And HFRSCC have made concrete more sustainable. The present study involves casting of beam-column joint specimens using SCC and HFRSCC mixes, with and without ductile detailing, and subjecting them to static loading tests. The load deflection curves of these specimens were arrived at and their crack pattern was analyzed.
About the journal
JournalJournal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
PublisherSPB Pharma Society
ISSN09742115