Experimental Investigation on the Mix Proportion of Fiber-Reinforced Ultrahigh-Strength Grouting Material
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 8
Abstract
Concrete tends to develop cracks once damaged, and wide cracks specifically would affect the whole structure negatively. When used for repairing wide cracks, traditional cement-based grouting materials could no longer meet the demand for tensile strength. The paper aims to develop a high-performance grouting material for crack repair and further investigate its fluidity, and compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting tensile strength after hardening. Based on the design of ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC), this grouting material consists of cement, sand, water, superplasticizer, expansion agent, silica fume, fly ash, and flat copper-plated steel fiber. The initial fluidity and 30-min fluidity of the grouting material decreased with the addition of fly ash, silica fume, and flat copper-plated steel fiber, among which the silica fume had the greatest influence on the fluidity, followed by fly ash and steel fiber. The optimal content of flat copper-plated steel fiber, fly ash, and silica fume was 2%, 10%, and 15%, respectively. Furthermore, the prediction model of compressive strength of grouting material was established. It indicated that cement grade, water-cement ratio, curing age, silica fume, fly ash, and flat copper-plated steel fiber and can be used for the mix proportion design of grouting materials.
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Acknowledgments
The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52079047), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFC0404902), the Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. KYCX22_0612), and the Science and Technology Program of Water Resources Allocation Project in the Pearl River Delta (No. CD88-GC02-2020-0033). The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support.
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Volume 35 • Issue 8 • August 2023
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Received: Sep 6, 2022
Accepted: Jan 5, 2023
Published online: May 26, 2023
Published in print: Aug 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Oct 26, 2023
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