Journal
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages 309-316Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.11.081
Keywords
Steel fibers reinforced concrete; Fiber orientation; Flexural strength; Splitting tensile strength; X-ray tomography
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Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [51578208]
- Key Project of University Science and Technology Research of Hebei Province [ZD2015028]
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An approach of aligning steel fibers in cement mortar using external uniform electromagnetic field is presented, which is the rotating process of steel fiber driven by magnetic force to overcome the viscous impeding of the mortar. Using the approach, the aligned steel fiber reinforced cement mortar (ASFRC) is prepared. Then the orientation distribution of the steel fibers in ASFRC is measured by X-CT image analysis. The results show that the orientation efficiency factor of the steel fibers in ASFRC reaches around 0.90, while that of ordinary steel fiber reinforced cement mortar (SFRC) is around 0.50. Also, the splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and toughness of the ASFRC are tested. The test results show that, compared with SFRC, the splitting tensile strength and flexural strength of ASFRC increase up to more than 100%, which is attributed to the increase in reinforcing efficiency of aligned steel fibers. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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