Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites
To improve the tensile, flexural, and ductility properties of geopolymer composites, amorphous metallic fibres (AMF) are used to reinforce these composites, and the behavior of these composites at elevated temperatures has been assessed in this study. Four types of composites, i.e., cement, reinforc...
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| author | Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh Narwinder Singh Kahlon Attiq Ur Rahman Dogar |
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| description | To improve the tensile, flexural, and ductility properties of geopolymer composites, amorphous metallic fibres (AMF) are used to reinforce these composites, and the behavior of these composites at elevated temperatures has been assessed in this study. Four types of composites, i.e., cement, reinforced cement, geopolymer, and reinforced geopolymer composites have been prepared. The composites have been reinforced using AMF with a fibre volume fraction of 0.75%. The composites have been assessed for change in mass loss, cracking, compressive strength, and flexural strength at four elevated temperatures of 200 °C, 400 °C, 600 °C, and 800 °C, and conclusions have been drawn concerning these composites. The results have shown that an increase in temperature has an adverse effect on these composites, and geopolymer composites exhibit higher performance than their counterpart cement composites at elevated temperatures. The mass loss and surface cracking were significantly lower in geopolymer composites, and the fibre reinforcement had a negligible effect on mass loss. Also, the residual compressive and flexural strength of reinforced geopolymer composites was significantly higher than that of the reinforced cement composites. In addition, scanning electron microscopic images also showed that even at higher temperatures, the geopolymer matrix is present on the AMF fibre, which results in higher residual strength than the cement composites in which a negligible amount of matrix is present on the fibres. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0f219ed0dfb4d9fa0f44e4a425dbf192023-11-17T19:11:28ZengMDPI AGFibers2079-64392023-03-011143110.3390/fib11040031Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer CompositesFaiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh0Narwinder Singh Kahlon1Attiq Ur Rahman Dogar2School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, AustraliaSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, AustraliaDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Central Punjab, Lahore 54000, PakistanTo improve the tensile, flexural, and ductility properties of geopolymer composites, amorphous metallic fibres (AMF) are used to reinforce these composites, and the behavior of these composites at elevated temperatures has been assessed in this study. Four types of composites, i.e., cement, reinforced cement, geopolymer, and reinforced geopolymer composites have been prepared. The composites have been reinforced using AMF with a fibre volume fraction of 0.75%. The composites have been assessed for change in mass loss, cracking, compressive strength, and flexural strength at four elevated temperatures of 200 °C, 400 °C, 600 °C, and 800 °C, and conclusions have been drawn concerning these composites. The results have shown that an increase in temperature has an adverse effect on these composites, and geopolymer composites exhibit higher performance than their counterpart cement composites at elevated temperatures. The mass loss and surface cracking were significantly lower in geopolymer composites, and the fibre reinforcement had a negligible effect on mass loss. Also, the residual compressive and flexural strength of reinforced geopolymer composites was significantly higher than that of the reinforced cement composites. In addition, scanning electron microscopic images also showed that even at higher temperatures, the geopolymer matrix is present on the AMF fibre, which results in higher residual strength than the cement composites in which a negligible amount of matrix is present on the fibres.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/11/4/31amorphous metallic fibres (AMF)geopolymer concreteelevated temperatureresidual strengthcompressive strengthflexural strength |
| spellingShingle | Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh Narwinder Singh Kahlon Attiq Ur Rahman Dogar Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites Fibers amorphous metallic fibres (AMF) geopolymer concrete elevated temperature residual strength compressive strength flexural strength |
| title | Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites |
| title_full | Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites |
| title_short | Effect of Elevated Temperature on the Behavior of Amorphous Metallic Fibre-Reinforced Cement and Geopolymer Composites |
| title_sort | effect of elevated temperature on the behavior of amorphous metallic fibre reinforced cement and geopolymer composites |
| topic | amorphous metallic fibres (AMF) geopolymer concrete elevated temperature residual strength compressive strength flexural strength |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/11/4/31 |
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