Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Concrete Reinforced by Embedding Multi-Cables
The synchronous strengthening method of continuous micro-cable meets the flexibility requirements of 3 D printing technology of concrete and can effectively improve the strength and ductility of 3D printed concrete structures.To further improve the bearing capacity of 3D printed concrete structures,a synchronous multi-cables reinforcement method of 3D printed concrete was proposed.Optimizing the multi-cables synchronous embedding process,pull-out tests were carried out to study the bonding characteristics between multi-cables and matrix material.Four-point bending tests were carried out study the effect of reinforcement ratio on the bending performance,and the formula for calculating normal section capacity and oblique section capacity of multi-cables reinforced 3D printed concrete beams was established.The results show that the pull-out of micro-cable damages the matrix material,then reduces the bonding strength between the remaining micro-cables and the matrix material,and decreasing range increases with the decrease of the micro-cables spacing.The maximum decrease is 43.7%when the micro-cable spacing decreases to 4 mm.When the reinforcement ratio of specimen increases from 0.17%to 0.75%,the ultimate bearing capacity of specimen increases by 220.0%under bending load.The established calculation formula has good accuracy for predicting the normal section capacity and oblique section capacity of multi-cables reinforced 3D printed concrete beams.
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