Influence of Fiber Shape and Water-Binder Ratio on Blast Resistance of PVA Fiber Reinforced Mortar

Danny Triputra Setiamanah*, Makoto Yamaguchi, Priyo Suprobo, Shintaro Morishima, Zicheng Zhang, Atsuhisa Ogawa, Takashi Katayama

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Abstract

Reducing spall damage is a major problem when designing blast-resistant concrete structures. This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of various material factors on the blast resistance of FRCC slabs under contact detonation. The contact detonation tests were carried out on polyvinyl alcohol fiber reinforced mortar (PVAFRM) slabs with four different shapes of PVA fibers and four different water-binder ratios (W/B) of the mortar matrix. Fly ash (type II) was used as admixture and the fluidity of the PVAFRM in its fresh state was varied using a superplasticizer and thickener. As a result, it was obtained that longer fiber is more effective to suppress spall if the fiber diameter is constant, and if the aspect ratio of fiber (lf/df) is constant, finer fibers are more effective to reduce spall. Moreover, the spall-reducing performance is reduced when the W/B value is too high or too low, and it is considered that there is an appropriate value of W/B that depends on the fiber shape.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExplosion Shock Waves and High Strain Rate Phenomena
EditorsKazuyuki Hokamoto, K. Raghukandan
PublisherAssociation of American Publishers
Pages103-108
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781644900321
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventConference on Explosion Shock Waves and High Strain Rate Phenomena, ESHP 2019 - Puducherry, India
Duration: 19 Mar 201921 Mar 2019

Publication series

NameMaterials Research Proceedings
Volume13
ISSN (Print)2474-3941
ISSN (Electronic)2474-395X

Conference

ConferenceConference on Explosion Shock Waves and High Strain Rate Phenomena, ESHP 2019
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityPuducherry
Period19/03/1921/03/19

Keywords

  • Contact Detonation
  • Fiber Reinforced Mortar
  • Fiber Shape
  • Local Failure
  • Water-Binder Ratio

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