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Application of Fibers from End-of-Life Tires as a Self-Compacting Concrete Reinforcement – An Experimental Study

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 11 (2018): Issue 1 (March 2018)
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|Apr 2019

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Figure 1.

Fibers from end-of-life tires – recycled steel fibers (RSF)
Fibers from end-of-life tires – recycled steel fibers (RSF)

Figure 2.

Four-point flexural test set-up
Four-point flexural test set-up

Figure 3.

The results from the slump flow tests of SCC containing: a) Vf = 0%; b) Vf = 1.0%; c) Vf = 1.5% of RSF
The results from the slump flow tests of SCC containing: a) Vf = 0%; b) Vf = 1.0%; c) Vf = 1.5% of RSF

Figure 4.

The RSF-SCC specimens before (a) and after (b) the flexural tests
The RSF-SCC specimens before (a) and after (b) the flexural tests

Figure 5.

Load-deflection curves obtained in flexural tests of self-compacting concrete reinforced with the amount of RSF equal to: (a) 1.0%; (b) 1.5%
Load-deflection curves obtained in flexural tests of self-compacting concrete reinforced with the amount of RSF equal to: (a) 1.0%; (b) 1.5%

Figure 6.

Comparison of average load-deflection curves of RSF-SCC
Comparison of average load-deflection curves of RSF-SCC

Figure 7.

Determination of the residual and maximum flexural tensile strength from the load – deflection curve according to [26]
Determination of the residual and maximum flexural tensile strength from the load – deflection curve according to [26]

Figure 8.

Variation of residual strength according to the amount of RSF
Variation of residual strength according to the amount of RSF
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-011 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 105 - 113
Submitted on: Nov 13, 2017
Accepted on: Mar 5, 2018
Published on: Apr 1, 2019
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Fibers from end-of-life tyres,
Self-compacting concrete,
Flexural tensile strength
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

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