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Polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete for airport rigid pavements: Compressive and flexural strength

  • Tammam Merhej*
  • , Xin Kai Li
  • , De Cheng Feng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents the experimental investigation carried out to study the behavior of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete (PPFRC) under compression and flexure. Crimped polypropylene fibers and twisted polypropylene fiber were used with 0.0%, 0.2%, 0.4% and 0.6% volume fractions. The influence of the volume fraction of each shape of polypropylene fiber on the compressive strength and flexural strength is presented. Empirical equations to predict the effect of polypropylene fiber on compressive and flexural strength of concrete were proposed using linear regression analysis. An increase of 27% in flexural strength was obtained when 0.6% volume fraction of twisted polypropylene fiber was added. It was also found that the contribution of fiber in flexural strength is more effective when twisted fibers were used. The compressive strength was found to be less affected by polypropylene fiber addition.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Research on Information Science, Automation and Material System
Pages1601-1607
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 International Conference on Information Science, Automation and Material System, ISAM2011 - Zhengzhou, China
Duration: 21 May 201122 May 2011

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume219-220
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Information Science, Automation and Material System, ISAM2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityZhengzhou
Period21/05/1122/05/11

Keywords

  • concrete
  • polypropylene fiber
  • rigid pavement

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