Alternating Magnetic Field Effect on Fine-Aggregate Steel Chip–Reinforced Concrete Properties
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 6
Abstract
Despite positive advantages of steel fibers/chips in concrete, there are some drawbacks, such as decreasing workability, which restricts fiber contents, and the impossibility of fibers orientation management in the optimum direction. This study addresses these issues using an alternating magnetic field (AMF). Compression experiments are conducted on cubic fine-aggregate steel chip–reinforced concrete (SCRC) specimens An AMF of 0.5 Tesla (T) and 50 Hz is applied to either fresh SCRC in different directions or to hardened SCRC. The test setup is capable of magnetizing and compressing specimens simultaneously. Applying an AMF to ready-mixed SCRC facilitates the compaction process of concrete and affects compressive strength, depending on exposure direction; exposure in the optimum direction increases compressive strength more than 17%. Moreover, subjecting hardened SCRC to an AMF decreases its compressive strength by approximately 11%. Finally, the advantages of this technique in the concrete industry and the feasibility of developing this method for real-time behavior controlling of smart structures are discussed.
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Acknowledgments
The authors express their appreciation to laboratory technician M. Bakhshaii, Department of Civil Engineering, Semnan University; the Departments of Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University; and the head of Danesh Pajoohan Paya, H. Ghalenoei.
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Volume 30 • Issue 6 • June 2018
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Received: Jul 20, 2016
Accepted: Nov 6, 2017
Published online: Mar 23, 2018
Published in print: Jun 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Aug 23, 2018
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