Polymer-modified concrete with improved flexural toughness and mechanism analysis.

Autor: Cao, Qingyu, Sun, Wei, Guo, Liping, Zhang, Guorong
Zdroj: Journal of Wuhan University of Technology; Jun2012, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p597-601, 5p
Abstrakt: By selecting different types of polymer mixing into concrete, the toughness of concrete is investigated, and results indicate polymer has obvious effect to improve the toughness of concrete. Microstructure of polymer-modified concrete were studied through environment scanning electron microscope and digital micro-hardness tester, results show that polymer acts as a flexible filler and reinforcement in concrete, and alters the microstructure at mortar and ITZ. By crack path prediction and energy consumption analysis, the crack path of polymer-modified concrete is more tortuous and consumes more energy than that of ordinary concrete. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index