Fracture Toughness and Impact Resistance of Fiber-Reinforced Seawater Sea-Sand Concrete
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 5
Abstract
The static and dynamic fracture behavior of high-strength fiber-reinforced seawater sea-sand (SWSS) concrete was investigated by conducting fracture toughness and drop-weight impact tests. The results were compared with those of freshwater normal-sand (FWNS) and SWSS plain concretes. Polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers with different fiber ratios (0.1%–0.5%), were used for reinforcement. A poor brittle failure was found for plain SWSS and FWNS mixes. Compared with FWNS, SWSS concrete had higher fracture toughness and impact energy values. Incorporation of fibers, especially PP fiber, significantly improved both static and dynamic fracture behavior of the plain SWSS concrete. PP fiber pull-out led to a considerable enhancement of ductility, residual strength, and fracture and impact energy values. The fibers in SWSS concrete with a high percentage of PP fibers can be used as partial and, in some cases, total substitution for conventional reinforcement. On the other hand, due to their chemical bonding with cement products PVA fibers mostly improved the precracking properties of the SWSS mix, such as flexural strength and impact resistance at first crack formation, rather than postcracking properties.
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Acknowledgments
The authors express their sincere appreciation to the University of South Australia for providing laboratory support, and to the Australian Research Training Program for providing research funding for the first author. The authors acknowledge the assistance of the concrete laboratory staff. The authors also thank Dr. Murray Townsend and Mr. Mojtaba Karbasi from the Department for Environment and Water (DEW) and Spiros Dimas from the Department of Transport and Infrastructure (DIT) of the Government of South Australia for their kind assistance with dredged sea-sand supply. The donation of OPC and GGBS by Adelaide Brighton Cement and Independent Cement and Lime Pty, respectively, is greatly appreciated.
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Volume 34 • Issue 5 • May 2022
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Received: Apr 6, 2021
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Published online: Feb 16, 2022
Published in print: May 1, 2022
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