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Fire reactions of ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (uhpfrc) due to heating and cooling

Fire reactions of ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (uhpfrc) due to heating and cooling / Sher Singh Bhullar Kuldip Singh
Ultra Prestasi Tinggi Bertetulang Gentian Konkrit (UHPFRC) dengan kekuatan mampatan yang tinggi lebih daripada 150 MPa dan ketahanan yang lebih baik menandakan peningkatan berganda dalam teknologi konkrit. Bahan berprestasi ultra tinggi ini membolehkan pembinaan bangunan lestari dan berekonomi dengan reka bentuk elemen struktur yang nipis. UHPFRC mempunyai ciri-ciri tersendiri dan ia berbeza dengan sifat konkrit jenis biasa. Untuk menggunakan sifat unggul UHPFRC secara sepenuhnya, pengetahuan khas diperlukan untuk reaksi apinya. Kelakuan UHPFRC di bawah api tidak pernah difahami sepenuhnya. Nisbah air kepada bahan pengikat yang rendah meningkatkan risiko spall daripada api kerana tekanan liang dalaman yang lebih tinggi. UHPFRC apabila terdedah kepada api juga mampu menyebabkan kehilangan kuasa mampatan. Pendek kata, kajian ini akan menerangkan ciri-ciri fizikal UHPFRC di bawah pendedahan kebakaran, tingkah laku spall yang berkaitan dengannya dan akhirnya kehilangan jisim serta baki kekuatan mampatan selepas pemanasan. Metodologi merangkumi penggunaan relau pada suhu yang sangat tinggi iaitu pada 200˚C, 400˚C dan 600˚C, untuk pembakaran selama 2 jam. Bahan ini juga akan tertakluk kepada kod ujian bagi tindak balas kebakaran, BS476: Ujian Kebakaran di Bangunan Bahan dan Struktur; Bahagian 4: Ujian Tidak Mudah Bakar, Bahagian 6: Ujian Pembiakan Api dan Bahagian 7: Ujian Permukaan Penyebaran Api. Pada suhu yang sangat rendah, kehilangan kekuatan mampatan UHPFRC boleh diabaikan manakala spall juga tidak terlihat. Berat jisim pula dilihat berkurang. Walau bagaimanapun, apabila suhu menjadi sangat ekstrem dan melebihi 400˚C, konkrit ini merosot dengan teruk disebabkan oleh haba. Konkrit ini tidak mempunyai kuasa mampatan lagi dan letupan spall nyata jelas. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) with a high compressive strength of more than 150 MPa and an improved durability marks a quantum leap in concrete technology. This ultra high performance material allows the construction of sustainable and economic buildings with an extraordinary slim design. UHPFRC has very distinctive properties that are extraordinarily dissimilar to the properties of normal and high performance concrete. For complete utilisation of UHPFRC’s superior properties, special knowledge is required for its fire reactions. The behaviour of UHPFRC under fire is never fully understood. The low water to binder ratio reduces permeability and creates smaller voids, which increases the risk of spalling under fire due to higher internal pore pressures. Exposure to fire could also create risk in loss of compressive strength. In short, this research will describe the physical characteristics of UHPFRC under fire exposure, the spalling behaviour pertaining to it and finally the mass loss and residual strength after subjecting to fire loading. The methodology includes the use of furnace at very high temperatures of 200˚C, 400˚C and 600˚C, for 2 hours fire exposure. This material would also be tested accordingly to BS476: Fire Tests on Building Materials and Structures; Part 4: Non- Combustibility Test, Part 6: Fire Propagation Test and Part 7: Surface Spread of Flame Test. The results that conclude this research is that UHPFRC has a very excellent fire resistibility in terms of spread of flame and growth of fire. At very low temperatures, strength loss of UHPFRC is negligible. Spalling was also not visible. Mass loss is evident. However, when temperatures get very extreme at 400˚C and above, the concrete deteriorates severely due to heat. No compressive strength was retained and explosive spalling is evident.
Contributor(s):
Sher Singh Bhullar Kuldip Singh - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875000566
Language:
English
Subject Keywords:
(UHPFRC); strength; slim
First presented to the public:
5/1/2014
Original Publication Date:
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Civil Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 77
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Date Deposited
2020-01-06 15:56:00.597
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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