Mechanical Characterization of High-Performance Steel-Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites with Self-Healing Effect |
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| Authors: | Dong Joo Kim Seok Hee Kang Tae-Ho Ahn |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea; E-Mails: (D.J.K.); (S.H.K.);2.Innovative Construction Materials Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo; 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The crack self-healing behavior of high-performance steel-fiber reinforced cement composites (HPSFRCs) was investigated. High-strength deformed steel fibers were employed in a high strength mortar with very fine silica sand to decreasing the crack width by generating higher interfacial bond strength. The width of micro-cracks, strongly affected by the type of fiber and sand, clearly produced the effects on the self-healing behavior. The use of fine silica sand in HPSFRCs with high strength deformed steel fibers successfully led to rapid healing owing to very fine cracks with width less than 20 μm. The use of very fine silica sand instead of normal sand produced 17%–19% higher tensile strength and 51%–58% smaller width of micro-cracks. |
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| Keywords: | self-healing fiber reinforcement bond strength composite crack detection |
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