TY - JOUR
T1 - Punching Shear Behaviour and Repair Efficiency of Reinforced Eco-friendly Lightweight Concrete Slabs
AU - Youssf, Osama
AU - Hassanli, Reza
AU - Elchalakani, Mohamed
AU - Mills, Julie E.
AU - Tayeh, Bassam A.
AU - Saad Agwaa, Ibrahim
PY - 2023/4/15
Y1 - 2023/4/15
N2 - In this study, the behaviour of eco-friendly concrete (Eco-Con) reinforced slabs was investigated by testing the structural behaviour of two-way slabs under punching shear, and by testing the performance of Eco-Con when used as a simulated repair material for one-way slabs under 4-point bending. Four Eco-Con mixes with the same target compressive strength of 32 MPa were used. The mixes consisted of one Portland cement concrete (CC) as the control mix, and three Eco-Con mixes namely: geopolymer rubber (GR), geopolymer lightweight expanded clay aggregate “LECA” (GL), and rubber engineered cementitious composite (RECC). The results for slabs subjected to punching shear showed 32 %, and 37 % less strength and 9 %, and 23 % less deflection when using Eco-Con concrete mixes GR and GL, respectively compared with the CC mix. The strength of Eco-Con RECC slab slightly decreased by 7 %, but its deflection capacity increased by 20 %, compared with the CC slab. The bending tests of ‘repaired’ slabs showed comparable slab bending strength capacity and ultimate deflection with the CC slab when using GR or GL mixes as the slab repair material. However, using RECC showed an increase in the slab bending strength capacity by 14 % and doubled the ultimate deflection, compared with the CC mix.
AB - In this study, the behaviour of eco-friendly concrete (Eco-Con) reinforced slabs was investigated by testing the structural behaviour of two-way slabs under punching shear, and by testing the performance of Eco-Con when used as a simulated repair material for one-way slabs under 4-point bending. Four Eco-Con mixes with the same target compressive strength of 32 MPa were used. The mixes consisted of one Portland cement concrete (CC) as the control mix, and three Eco-Con mixes namely: geopolymer rubber (GR), geopolymer lightweight expanded clay aggregate “LECA” (GL), and rubber engineered cementitious composite (RECC). The results for slabs subjected to punching shear showed 32 %, and 37 % less strength and 9 %, and 23 % less deflection when using Eco-Con concrete mixes GR and GL, respectively compared with the CC mix. The strength of Eco-Con RECC slab slightly decreased by 7 %, but its deflection capacity increased by 20 %, compared with the CC slab. The bending tests of ‘repaired’ slabs showed comparable slab bending strength capacity and ultimate deflection with the CC slab when using GR or GL mixes as the slab repair material. However, using RECC showed an increase in the slab bending strength capacity by 14 % and doubled the ultimate deflection, compared with the CC mix.
KW - ECC
KW - Eco-friendly concrete
KW - Geopolymer concrete
KW - Slabs punching shear
KW - Slabs repair
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U2 - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115805
DO - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115805
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148322651
SN - 0141-0296
VL - 281
JO - Engineering Structures
JF - Engineering Structures
M1 - 115805
ER -