Dynamic and Static Splitting-Tensile Properties of Basalt Fiber–Reinforced Cemented Clay Under Freeze–Thaw Cycles
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 10
Abstract
This study presents an investigation of the cyclic freeze–thaw (F/T) effects on the dynamic and static splitting-tensile properties of plain cemented clay (clay mixed with 15% cement) and basalt fiber–reinforced (BFR) cemented clay (clay mixed with 1.5% basalt fiber and 15% cement). The effects were evaluated by focusing on the dynamic tensile strength, static tensile strength, absorbed energy, and strain rate effects of two different cemented clays at 0, 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 F/T cycles using a static splitting-tensile test and splitting Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) test. The experimental results showed that the basalt fiber addition led to a marked increase in the static and dynamic tensile strength of the cemented clay specimen under F/T cycles. In the static splitting-tensile test, the strength decreased with the increase of the number of F/T cycles for the two specimens except 12 F/T cycles. All of the plain cemented clay’s dynamic tensile strength had a sharp decline at one F/T cycle in the SHPB test, while the decrease in the strength at three F/T cycles was larger (more than 50%) for that BFR cemented clay. The law related to absorbed energy was similar to dynamic tensile strength, and the relationship between the two was obtained. Continuous freeze–thaw cycles do not necessarily decrease the tensile strength of cemented clay, and its detailed mechanism was discussed.
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Acknowledgments
This paper is based on work supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41977241) and the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University (YBPY1981). These supports are most gratefully acknowledged.
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Volume 32 • Issue 10 • October 2020
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Received: Jan 26, 2019
Accepted: Mar 5, 2020
Published online: Jul 24, 2020
Published in print: Oct 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Dec 24, 2020
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