Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Fiber Cement Mortar under Different Loading Speeds

Hui Chen, Xin Huang, Rui He, Zhenheng Zhou, Chuanqing Fu and Jiandong Wang
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Hui Chen: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Oujiang College, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Xin Huang: College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Rui He: College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310034, China
Zhenheng Zhou: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Oujiang College, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Chuanqing Fu: College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310034, China
Jiandong Wang: College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310034, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: In this work, the relationships between the mechanical properties (i.e., compressive strength and flexural strength) and loading speed of polypropylene fiber (PPF)-incorporated cement mortar at different ages (before 28 days) were studied. A total of 162 cubic samples for compressive strength tests and 162 cuboid samples for flexural strength tests were casted and tested. Analytical relationships between the sample properties (i.e., sample age, PPF content, and loading speed) and compressive and flexural strength were proposed based on the experimental data, respectively. Of the predicted compressive and flexural strength results, 70.4% and 75.9% showed less than 15% relative error compared with the experimental results, respectively.

Keywords: polypropylene fiber (PPF) cement mortar; loading speed; compressive strength; flexural strength (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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