Investigating the Behavior of Mortar and Concrete Reinforced with Aluminum Waste Strips
الباحث الأول:
Rawa Shakir Muwashee
الباحثين الآخرين:
Hamid Athab Al-Jameel
Qusay Abdalhameed Jabal
المجلة:
International Journal of Engineering and Technology
تاريخ النشر:
None
مختصر البحث:
Composite concrete such as fiber reinforced concrete is widely used in structures because of its excellent properties such as compressive, flexural and tensile strengths and also high modulus of elasticity because it gives lower strain values under …
Composite concrete such as fiber reinforced concrete is widely used in structures because of its excellent properties such as compressive, flexural and tensile strengths and also high modulus of elasticity because it gives lower strain values under loading and too fewer cracks propagation. In this study, Aluminum was prepared by cutting the cans of Coca- Cola cans as fibers in concrete. This used Aluminum strip is low density and less cost in addition to good tensile strength (about 310 MPa) and also has a good ductility. The results of this study show good improvements in compressive, tensile and flexural strengths using 117 tested specimens for both concrete and mortar. In brief, about 22 % increment in compressive strength of Aluminum strip concrete and flexural strength increases from 3.31 MPa to 11.20 MPa when using Aluminum strips with 2.5 % by volume of concrete. The reinforced mortar with Aluminum strips demonstrates significant increments which are 27% for compressive strength and more than 100% for both flexural and tensile strengths comparing with reference mix.
