Preliminary study on the fatigue performance of fiber reinforced geopolymer composites

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Title：
Preliminary study on the fatigue performance of fiber reinforced geopolymer composites
Author：
Xiaoshuang Shi^1,2, Esala N. Arachchi², Qingyuan Wang^1,2,3*
Author Affiliation：
1.Department of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
2 Failure Mechanics and Engineering Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Key Lab of Sichuan Province, China
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu
Received：Feb.9, 2024
Accepted：March.15, 2024
Published：April.1, 2024

Abstract

Geopolymer concrete (GC) is a kind of green material due to its low CO2 emission in the manufacturing process without cement. To explore more engineering properties for its future application in the projects, the fatigue performances need to be revealed. Past research has indicated that the use of fibers in geopolymer concrete can increase the fatigue properties by counteracting the brittle nature of the material. In this study, we aimed to investigate the flexural strength and fatigue life of the GC with basalt fiber (BF) and polypropylene fiber (PF) by testing 60 specimens under four-point flexural fatigue. The results indicated that the flexural strength and flexural fatigue life of the GC with fibers were improved significantly compared to those without fiber. It was further found that the flexural strength and flexural fatigue life can be increased by up to 20% and 136.12% respectively. The statistical distribution of the fatigue life was identified to follow the two-parameter Weibull distribution. Furthermore, the coefficients of the fatigue equation were obtained corresponding to different failure probabilities and can be used to predict the flexural fatigue strength for the desired level of failure probability. Overall, this study revealed the fatigue behavior of GC with fibers and the results derived can provide further guidance on the fatigue life of fiber reinforced geopolymer composites.

Keywords

Geopolymer, basalt fiber, polypropylene fiber, flexural strength, fatigue behavior.

Doi

https://doi.org/10.58396/gbm020102

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