Experimental Study on Performance of Polyester Fiber Ceramsite Concrete
To solve the problem of low strength and high brittleness of ceramsite concrete,the test blocks were prepared by replacing gravel with shale ceramsite and adding polyester fiber for material design.Then the shrinkage test,frost resistance test,compressive strength test and splitting tensile strength test were carried out,respectively.The results show that the shrinkage rate of concrete is the minimum when the replacement rate of ceramsite is 40%,and its shrinkage deformation can be restrained.When the ceramsite content is 40%~60%,the mass loss rate of concrete will be reduced,and the frost resistance of concrete will be improved.When the replacement rate of ceramsite is 40%and the fiber content is 0.08%,the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of ceramsite concrete reach the maximum.Under this dosage,the compressive strength of polyvinyl alcohol and polyacrylonitrile fiber ceramsite concrete is 49.82 MPa and 49.63 MPa respectively.And the splitting tensile strength of polyvinyl alcohol fiber ceramsite and polyacrylonitrile fiber ceramsite concrete is 4.72 MPa and 4.42 MPa respectively.The strength of polyester fiber reinforced ceramsite concrete can meet the current requirements.The increase of fiber content can increase the tension-compression ratio of concrete,and reduce its brittle failure.As a whole,the effect of polyvinyl alcohol fiber reinforcing ceramsite concrete is better than that of polyacrylonitrile fiber.Therefore,the optimum content of ceramsite and fiber is 40%and 0.08%respectively,and the polyvinyl alcohol fiber ceramsite concrete has the best performance.
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