Using 2D Digital Image Analysis to Locate Position of Micro Fibers in Cross-Sections of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

Abstract:

This work deals with determination of location of micro fibers positions in fiber-reinforced concrete. The digital images of sectioned cement-paste samples with dimension equal to 40 × 40 mm were used as an information source about the monofilaments positions. Properly acquired digital image of high resolution allows to determinate the number of fibers in samples cross sections and relate theirs coordinates to any point. Optical microscope Carl Zeiss Axio Zoom.V16 with camera and software allowing individual shots composition of examined samples surface was used to obtain these parameters. Cement pastes reinforced with PET (polyethylene terephthalate) micro fibers having diameter equal to 0.4 mm were studied. The total number and the fibers distribution along the height and width of the sample cross section were examined.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 677)
• Pages: 169-174
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.677.169
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Jan Trejbal*, Lubomír Kopecký, Jozef Fládr, Pavel Tesárek, Václav Nežerka, Zdeněk Prošek
• Keywords: Digital Image, Fiber Position, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, PET Micro Fiber

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