Shrinkage Characteristics of Green Engineered Cementitious Composites with Varying Palm Oil Fuel Ash Contents and Water-Binder Ratios

Abstract:

The present paper is a part of an extensive study on green palm oil fuel ash engineered cementitious composites conducted at Universiti Sains Malaysia. It specifically investigates the effects of waterbinder ratio (w/b) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) on the drying shrinkage of engineered cementitious composites (ECCs). W/b values of 0.33, 0.36, and 0.38 were selected. ECC mixes were proportioned to have various ratios of POFA ranging from 0 to 1.2 from the mass of cement. The drying shrinkage measurements were taken at 4, 11, 18, 25, 57, and 90 days. The experimental results show that w/b has a significant effect on the drying shrinkage of the ECC mixtures. Drying shrinkage is remarkably reduced with a decrease in the w/b. The results also showed that drying shrinkage of the composites is considerably reduced when POFA is used in the matrix. The measured drying shrinkage strain at 90 days is only 920×10^-6 µε to 1216×10^-6 µε for ECC mixtures with high POFA content. The shrinkage strain of the ECC mixtures without POFA at 90 days is nearly 1597×10^-6 µε to 1910×10^-6 µε.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 626)
• Pages: 245-249
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.626.245
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Nurdeen M. Altwair, M.A. Megat Johari, Syed Fuad Saiyid Hashim
• Keywords: Drying Shrinkage, Engineered Cementitious Composite, Palm Oil Fuel Ash

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