Effects of Barite Sand Addition on Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Mechanical Behavior

Authors : Sadık Alper YILDIZEL

Pages : 100-105

Doi:10.24107/ijeas.366441

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Publication Date : 2017-12-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Glass fiber reinforced concrete insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GFRC); is a cementitious composite reinforced by the addition of alkali-resistant glass fibers. GFRC is widely used for various types of precast products in civil engineering industries. GRFC mixes generally include silica sand to produce precast concrete elements; however, silica sand was replaced with barite sand at the ratios of 5%, 10 % and 15 % of wt. in order to reveal its applicability and potential for different engineering purposes. The flexural strength and the freeze-thawinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(F&T); resistance of the composites were studied. The experimental results showed that the replacement of silica sand with barite sand up to 15 % of wt. enhances the mechanical properties of the composites in respect to flexural strength and F&T resistance properties.
Keywords : Glass fiber, silica sand, barite sand, silica sand replacement