The purpose of this study was to examine mechanical and material properties which recycled aggregate and fiber had upon reinforced concrete. This study was initiated to use recycled concrete as a substitutive coarse aggregate of structural concrete. F...
The purpose of this study was to examine mechanical and material properties which recycled aggregate and fiber had upon reinforced concrete. This study was initiated to use recycled concrete as a substitutive coarse aggregate of structural concrete. For this, the investigator worked out experimental specimens according to the replacement rate of recycled aggregate (30%, 60%), the kinds of fibers and whether or not fiber-reinforced, and then carried out an experiment of materials and secondary materials. Study findings are as follows.
First, the results of age-oriented compressive strength test showed that when the replacement rate of recycled aggregate increased, specimens' age-oriented compressive strength decreased, such as a fiber-reinforced specimen decreasing by about 3.1∼18.4%, a steel fiber-reinforced specimen by about 1.7∼18.5%, a polypropylene fiber-reinforced specimen by about 2.4%∼19.8%, and a structural synthetic fiber reinforced specimen by about 2.3~13.4%.
Second, the results of age-oriented splitting tensile strength test showed that when the replacement rate of recycled aggregate increased, specimens' splitting tensile strength decreased, such as a non-reinforced specimen decreasing by about 1.6∼19.5%, a steel fiber-reinforced specimen by about 3.6∼13.0%, a polypropylene fiber-reinforced specimen by about 8.4∼17.1%, and a structural synthetic fiber reinforced specimen by about 1.9∼8.4%.
Third, the results of compressive strength test after the experiment of refractoriness showed that specimens' persistence rate of compressive strength increased by refractory temperatures, such as a non-reinforced specimen increasing by about 0.5∼7.7%, and a fiber-reinforced specimen by about 0.1∼15.8%.
Fourth, the results of freezing and thawing experiment showed that when the replacement rate of recycled aggregate increased, specimens' relative dynamic modulus of elasticity decreased by about 0.7∼%, whereas comparing to a non-reinforced specimen a steel fiber-reinforced specimen increased by about 0.2∼0.9%, a polypropylene fiber-reinforced specimen by about 0.2∼1.1%, and a structural synthetic fiber reinforced specimen by about 0.1∼0.9%.
In particular, the reinforcement of recycled aggregate concrete with fibers seems to change the brittle fracture behavior, a disadvantage point of recycled aggregate concrete, to the ductile fracture behavior. In addition, since the specimen of 30% fiber-reinforced recycled aggregate showed more compressive strength, tensile strength and shear resistance than a standard specimen did, the 30% replacement of recycled aggregate could be applied to actual structures.