Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash
Increasing demand for cement in the construction industry is posing a serious threat to the environment. This necessitates the utilization of supplementary cementitious materials such as silica fume, fly ash, rice husk ash, and wheat straw ash as a cement replacement material. Additionally, fiber-re...
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| description | Increasing demand for cement in the construction industry is posing a serious threat to the environment. This necessitates the utilization of supplementary cementitious materials such as silica fume, fly ash, rice husk ash, and wheat straw ash as a cement replacement material. Additionally, fiber-reinforced cement composites can be efficiently used in repair and rehabilitation works. In this study, we have investigated the performance of fiber-reinforced cement composites blended with wheat straw ash. Wheat straw ash has been proved to be an effective pozzolanic material. Cement was replaced by 20% (weight) wheat straw ash. Polypropylene fibers were added at a dosage of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, and 2% by weight of cement. Mortar specimens were fabricated and investigated for the compressive, flexure, and indirect tensile strengths, ultrasonic pulse velocity, chloride migration resistance, and carbonation resistance. The results demonstrate that the addition of fibers caused a reduction in the compressive strength, pulse velocity, chloride migration resistance, and carbonation resistance; however, flexure and indirect tensile strengths were significantly enhanced. Moreover, the incorporation of fine size wheat straw ash particles compensated the negative effect of fiber inclusion. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ceae25f3329541acabdd652fc101acf22025-02-03T01:23:21ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422019-01-01201910.1155/2019/18357641835764Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw AshAbdul Qudoos0Zahid Ullah1Atta-ur-Rehman2Zafar Baloch3Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaCivil and Environmental Engineering Department, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaCivil and Environmental Engineering Department, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, BUITEMS, Quetta 87650, Balochistan, PakistanIncreasing demand for cement in the construction industry is posing a serious threat to the environment. This necessitates the utilization of supplementary cementitious materials such as silica fume, fly ash, rice husk ash, and wheat straw ash as a cement replacement material. Additionally, fiber-reinforced cement composites can be efficiently used in repair and rehabilitation works. In this study, we have investigated the performance of fiber-reinforced cement composites blended with wheat straw ash. Wheat straw ash has been proved to be an effective pozzolanic material. Cement was replaced by 20% (weight) wheat straw ash. Polypropylene fibers were added at a dosage of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, and 2% by weight of cement. Mortar specimens were fabricated and investigated for the compressive, flexure, and indirect tensile strengths, ultrasonic pulse velocity, chloride migration resistance, and carbonation resistance. The results demonstrate that the addition of fibers caused a reduction in the compressive strength, pulse velocity, chloride migration resistance, and carbonation resistance; however, flexure and indirect tensile strengths were significantly enhanced. Moreover, the incorporation of fine size wheat straw ash particles compensated the negative effect of fiber inclusion.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1835764 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Qudoos Zahid Ullah Atta-ur-Rehman Zafar Baloch Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash |
| title_full | Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash |
| title_fullStr | Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash |
| title_short | Performance Evaluation of the Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Blended with Wheat Straw Ash |
| title_sort | performance evaluation of the fiber reinforced cement composites blended with wheat straw ash |
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