An Eco-Friendly UHPC for Structural Application

Tensile Mechanical Response

Conference paper (2021)

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Amin Abrishambaf Universidade do Porto

Mário Pimentel Universidade do Porto

Sandra Nunes Universidade do Porto

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Tensile behaviour Spent equilibrium catalyst Fibre orientation Fibre to matrix bond properties Ultra-high performance fibre reinforced cementitious material

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2021

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English

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This paper presents and discusses experimental results on the tensile mechanical performance of a newly developed ultra-high performance cementitious material, UHPC, incorporating spent equilibrium catalyst (ECat), a waste generated by the oil refinery industry, as a supplementary cementitious material. The results are compared to a previously developed conventional UHPC. The influence of ECat on the heat of hydration in UHPC is evaluated by isothermal calorimeter under a constant temperature of 20 ℃. To determine the evolution of the tensile behaviour with time, a series of uniaxial tensile tests are performed on the specimens at different ages, i.e. 1, 3, 7, 28 and 91 days after casting. Afterwards, the fibre to matrix interfacial bond properties were characterized by executing a series of single fibre pullout tests at the age of 28 days on the steel fibres embedded in UHPCs with 0°, 30° and 60° orientation angles. The results confirmed the adequate performance of the new developed UHPC for the structural application.