Effect of Temperature on the Low-Velocity Impact Behaviors of Engineered Cementitious Composite
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper was intended to investigate the effect of temperature on the low-velocity impact behaviors of engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Two kinds of commonly used chopped fibers, i.e., polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber and polyethylene (PE) fiber, were applied to prepare PVA-ECC and PE-ECC, respectively. The tensile and compressive behaviors of PVA-ECC and PE-ECC were first investigated with different water-to-binder () ratios. As the ratio increased from 0.25 to 0.35, it was found that the tensile cracking strength and ultimate tensile strength increased, whereas the ultimate tensile strain decreased gradually. The compressive strength of PE-ECC was higher than that of PVA-ECC with the same ratio. The low-velocity impact tests of PVA-ECC and PE-ECC were conducted under different environmental temperatures in the range of to 150°C. For PVA-ECC, it was found that the maximum load increased whereas the maximum displacement decreased significantly with the decrease of environmental temperature. By contrast, PE-ECC was relatively insensitive to the environmental temperature and had a much higher energy-dissipation coefficient than PVA-ECC specimens under cold environments. It was concluded that PE-ECC is more applicable to be applied in cold environments. The microstructures of PVA-ECC and PE-ECC after impact tests were also analyzed, and the failure mechanisms were discussed accordingly.
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Data Availability Statement
All data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported by the Carbon Emission Peak and Carbon Neutrality Innovative Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province “The key research and demonstration projects of future low-carbon emission buildings” (No. BE2022606).
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Received: Jun 9, 2022
Accepted: Nov 3, 2022
Published online: Apr 21, 2023
Published in print: Jul 1, 2023
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