Effects of Various Mineral Admixtures and Fibrillated Polypropylene Fibers on the Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) Based Mortars

This study investigates the mechanical and durability properties of fly ash-based engineered cementitious composites (ECC). The effect of various mineral additions, such as wheat husk ash (WHA), rice husk ash (RHA), glass powder (GP), and fibrillated polypropylene (PP) fibers, on mechanical performance, water absorption, and porosity was investigated. Furthermore, the durability of ECC specimens was assessed in terms of sorptivity, acid/sulfate attacks, electric resistivity (ER), rapid chloride penetration (RCPT), and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV). The results revealed higher mechanical strength, UPV, and ER values for RHA-based ECC. After 180 days of immersion in acid and sulfate solutions, RHA-based ECC showed a lower loss in compressive strength (23.21% and 1.07% in HCl and Na2SO4, respectively) relative to the control mix (44% and 7% in HCl and Na2SO4, respectively). Moreover, analytical characterizations such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses were also carried out to corroborate the mechanical and durability properties of ECC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Materials (Basel, Switzerland) - 15(2022), 8 vom: 14. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hanif Khan, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Han [VerfasserIn]
Ali Sikandar, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Zamin, Bakht [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Mahmood [VerfasserIn]
Muayad Sabri Sabri, Mohanad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Durability
Journal Article
Materials characterization
Mechanical performance
Microstructure
Polypropylene (PP) fibers
UPV

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ma15082880

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339837446