Effect of natural fibers on thermal spalling resistance of ultra-high performance concrete

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Zhang, Dong, Tan, Kang Hai, Dasari, Aravind, Weng, Yiwei
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Engineering::Civil engineering; Engineering::Materials; Natural Fibers; Spalling
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161159

It has been established that the addition of synthetic fibers like polypropylene (PP) to ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) enhances the latter's thermal spalling resistance. The key for this is the thermal mismatch between embedded fibers and matrix as a result of the expansion of PP fiber...