Percolation behavior of interfacial transition zone in steel fiber reinforced cement-based materials
To investigate the percolation behavior of interfacial transition zone(ITZ)in steel fiber reinforced cement-based materials,the aggregate and steel fiber particles are constructed using the actual superovoids and superellipsoids,a hard core-soft shell particle packing model for steel fiber reinforced cement-based materials is constructed,and the influences of aggregate shape,ITZ thickness,steel fiber content and steel fiber mor-phology on the ITZ percolation threshold are studied.ITZ percolation threshold prediction model is estab-lished,and the reliability of the model is verified by comparing with the numerical simulation in the literature.The results indicate that the ITZ percolation threshold decreases by about 10%when the square parameter of aggregate increases from 1 to 5;the ITZ percolation threshold decreases by about 40%when the fiber content increases from 0 to 1.0%;the ITZ percolation threshold increases by about 80%when the ITZ thickness is re-duced from 0.10 mm to 0.05 mm;the percolation threshold of ITZ decreases with enlarging specific surface area of aggregates and steel fibers,ITZ thickness,and steel fiber content,which can be explained by the more easily connection between ITZ.