Interfacial Bonding between Basalt Fiber/Polymer Pellets and Various Nano-Modified Cementitious Matrices
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 3
Abstract
In fiber-reinforced cementitious composites, the fiber/matrix interfacial bonding is a governing factor for bridging cracks, load transfer, and toughening mechanisms. Basalt fiber pellets (BFP) are a novel form of macrofibers consisting of basalt fiber strands encapsulated by a polymeric resin, with textured microgrooves, which can be used to produce high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCC). Hence, the current study focused on the synergetic evaluation of the flexural performance and single pellet pull-out of BFP in homogenized nano-modified [nano-silica (NS); nano-crystalline cellulose (NCC)] cementitious matrices, without/with micro [polyvinyl alcohol fibers (PVA)], or nano-fibers [nano-fibrillated cellulose (NFC)]. Integrated experimental and modeling studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of BFP interfacial bonding with various nano-modified cementitious matrices. Key results showed that NS-modified matrices led to improvement by 17% and 5%, respectively, in terms of bonding strength with BFP and debonding energy, compared with matrices comprising NCC. Reduction of BFP interfacial bond strength and debonding energy by 11% and 10% was observed for cementitious matrices comprising NCC and reinforced with NFC, relative to mixture G-NCC. Conversely, using PVA fibers in matrices comprising NS led to noticeable enhancement of bonding with BFP (highest bonding strength and debonding energy), which suggests their promising potential for field applications requiring HPFRCC.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The authors highly appreciate the financial support from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC RGPIN 2020/2025), and University of Manitoba Research Grants Program (URGP-2019/2020) to conduct this study under the theme: resilient high-performance materials for sustainable infrastructure. The IKO Materials Testing Facility has been instrumental to this research.
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