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Electrically conductive behaviors and mechanisms of short-cut super-fine stainless wire reinforced reactive powder concrete

  • Sufen Dong
  • , Baoguo Han*
  • , Jinping Ou
  • , Zhen Li
  • , Linyang Han
  • , Xun Yu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Dalian University of Technology
  • Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology
  • School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • New York Institute of Technology
  • Wuhan University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

The incorporation of short-cut super-fine stainless wire (SSSW) is an effective way to improve the electrically conductive and self-sensing capability of reactive powder concrete (RPC) composed of cement, silica fume, fly ash and silica sand. The conductive characteristics of SSSW reinforced RPC and their responses to external loading are investigated. The conductive mechanisms are revealed through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and intrinsic conductivity analysis. The results show that the percolation occurs and polarization disappears in SSSW reinforced RPC containing 0.5 vol% of SSSW in diameter of 20 μm, and the electrical resistivity of which measured by using four-electrode-DC method drops to 44 Ω cm from 20.8 × 104 Ω cm. The gauge factor of RPC reinforced with SSSW in diameter of 8 μm can reach up to 22.5, 94.9 and 43.6 under cyclic compression, monotonic compression and flexure, respectively. The conductivity of SSSW reinforced RPC mainly depends on the formation of SSSW conductive network.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)48-65
Number of pages18
JournalCement and Concrete Composites
Volume72
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Conductive mechanism
  • Electrical resistivity
  • Piezoresistive response
  • Reactive powder concrete
  • Short-cut super-fine stainless wire

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