Evaluation of the Design Mix Proportion on Mechanical Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites

Abstract:

This paper investigates the mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) in terms of compressive strength and flexural behaviour. A new version of ECC made of cement, ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), local sand, polypropylene (PP) fibers, water and superplasticizer (SP) was employed in this study. Few series of ECC mixtures were designed, cast, and tested in compression and flexural after 28 days of curing. The effect of the fiber content and sand content were studied in different cement-GGBS combination. Compression test results indicated that all ECC mixtures obtained at least 1.8 times compressive strength compared to normal concrete. They also demonstrated more ductile flexural behavior compared to normal concrete from three-point bending test. Increasing fiber content from 1.5% to 2.0% and 2.5% has negative effect on compressive strength but significantly improved modulus of toughness of ECC mixtures. The compressive strength of ECC was reduced when the sand to binder ratio adjusted to 0.4 and 0.6. The flexural behaviour of ECC was slightly improved with the increasing of sand content.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 775)
• Pages: 589-595
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.775.589
• Online since: August 2018
• Authors: Siong Wee Lee*, Chai Lian Oh, Mohd Raizamzamani Md Zain
• Keywords: Compressive Strength, Ductility, Engineered Cementitious Composites, Flexural Strength

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