Mechanical and microstructural characterization of quarry rock dust incorporated steel fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete and residual properties after exposure to elevated temperatures

Ibraheem, M. and Butt, F. and Waqas, R.M. and Hussain, K. and Tufail, R.F. and Ahmad, N. and Usanova, K. and Musarat, M.A. (2021) Mechanical and microstructural characterization of quarry rock dust incorporated steel fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete and residual properties after exposure to elevated temperatures. Materials, 14 (22). ISSN 19961944

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the effects of quarry rock dust (QRD) and steel fibers (SF) inclusion on the fresh, mechanical, and microstructural properties of fly ash (FA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (SG)-based geopolymer concrete (GPC) exposed to elevated temperatures. Such types of ternary mixes were prepared by blending waste materials from different industries, including QRD, SG, and FA, with alkaline activator solutions. The multiphysical models show that the inclusion of steel fibers and binders can enhance the mechanical properties of GPC. In this study, a total of 18 different mix proportions were designed with different proportions of QRD (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20) and steel fibers (0.75 and 1.5). The slag was replaced by different proportions of QRD in fly ash, and SG-based GPC mixes to study the effect of QRD incorporation. The mechanical properties of specimens, i.e., compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and flexural strength, were determined by testing cubes, cylinders, and prisms, respectively, at different ages (7, 28, and 56 days). The specimens were also heated up to 800� C to evaluate the resistance of specimens to elevated temperature in terms of residual compressive strength and weight loss. The test results showed that the mechanical strength of GPC mixes (without steel fibers) increased by 6�11, with an increase in QRD content up to 15 at the age of 28 days. In contrast, more than 15 of QRD contents resulted in decreasing the mechanical strength properties. Incorporating steel fibers in a fraction of 0.75 by volume increased the compressive, tensile, and flexural strength of GPC mixes by 15, 23, and 34, respectively. However, further addition of steel fibers at 1.5 by volume lowered the mechanical strength properties. The optimal mixture of QRD incorporated FA-SG-based GPC (QFS-GPC) was observed with 15 QRD and 0.75 steel fibers contents considering the performance in workability and mechanical properties. The results also showed that under elevated temperatures up to 800� C, the weight loss of QFS-GPC specimens persistently increased with a consistent decrease in the residual compressive strength for increasing QRD content and temperature. Furthermore, the microstructure characterization of QRD blended GPC mixes were also carried out by performing scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Basalt; Bending strength; Binders; Blast furnaces; Blending; Compressive strength; Concrete mixtures; Dust; Fly ash; Geopolymers; Inorganic polymers; Quarries; Reinforced concrete; Reinforced plastics; Slags; Tensile strength; Tensile testing, Elevated temperature; Geopolymer concrete; Mechanical; Mechanical strength; Microstructural characterizations; Quarry rock dust; Residual compressive strength; Rock dust; Slag-based geopolymer; Workability, Steel fibers
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2023 03:28
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2023 03:28
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/14288

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