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Zhao Yang, Jiankun Li, Yilan Zhong and Xiaolong Qi
Although shape memory alloy/Polyvinyl alcohol (SMA/PVA) hybrid fiber reinforced cementitious composites, (SMA/PVA-ECC) exhibit excellent crack closure and deformation recovery capabilities, however, the research on their fundamental mechanical properties...
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Yan Tan, Ziling Xu, Zeli Liu and Jiuhong Jiang
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Ali A. Abdulhameed, Alaa Hussein Al-Zuhairi, Salah R. Al Zaidee, Ammar N. Hanoon, Ahmed W. Al Zand, Mahir M. Hason and Haider A. Abdulhameed
Several stress-strain models were used to predict the strengths of steel fiber reinforced concrete, which are distinctive of the material. However, insufficient research has been done on the influence of hybrid fiber combinations (comprising two or more ...
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Xiaofei Zhang, Weidong He, Yongwang Zhang, Cheng Chen and Xun Wu
This paper presents an experimental study on the tensile behavior of basalt-fiber-grid-reinforced mortar (BGRM) before and after exposure to an elevated temperature of 300 °C considering the effect of fiber grid type, short polyvinyl alcohol fiber (PVA),...
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Mohsin Raza, Hyder Al Abdallah, Ayah Abdullah and Basim Abu-Jdayil
Some of the major challenges of the twenty-first century include the continued increase in energy consumption and environmental pollution. One approach to overcoming these challenges is to increase the use of waste materials and environmentally friendly ...
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Nisreen S. Mohammed, Bashar Abid Hamza, Najla?a H. AL-Shareef and Husam H. Hussein
In several areas worldwide, the high cost and shortage of natural resources have encouraged researchers and engineers to explore the serviceability and feasibility of using recycled aggregates in concrete mixtures, substituting a normal aggregate percent...
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Gregory Potter, Raul Barbosa, Alexa Villarreal, Alexandra Salinas, Hector Guzman, Heriberto De Leon, Javier A. Ortega and Karen Lozano
In the present research project, a novel portable battery-powered handheld device able to produce micron and submicron fibers using centrifugal forces is proposed. The design includes spinnerets with a clamshell configuration with multiple chambers or re...
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Noraniza Mohammad Jani, Mohammad Shakir Nasif, Nasir Shafiq and Ian Holt
This paper presents the experimental analysis of the effects of simulated hydrocarbon fire exposure on the mechanical properties and the heat transmission in fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete, FR-SCC. For that purpose, 300-mm thick, and 1200-mm s...
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Sun-Gyu Choi, Tung Hoang and Sung-Sik Park
Microbially induced calcite precipitation can cement sand and is an environment-friendly alternative to ordinary Portland cement. In this study, clean Ottawa sand was microbially treated to induce calcite contents (CCs) of 0%, 2%, and 4%. Polyvinyl alcoh...
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Muhammad Akbar Malik, Manas Sarkar, Shilang Xu and Qinghua Li
This exertion introduces polyvinyl alcohol fiber/silica nanoparticles (poly vinyl alcohol (PVA)/SiO2 NPs) in the fly ash-based geopolymer at ambient curing temperature. The present study aims at investigating the structural properties (compressive, bond ...
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