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Gao-Jie Liu1, Er-Lei Bai2, Jin-Yu Xu3,4
1Department of Airfield and Building Engineering, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710038, China. liusiremail@163.com.
Abstract:
To study the effect of redispersible polymer emulsion powder on the mechanical properties of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer concrete (CFRPC), the compressive, flexural, and splitting tests of CFRPC specimens with different polymer-cement ratios (polymer-cement mass ratios) were performed in this study. The modification effect of emulsion powder on CFRPC was analyzed from the perspectives of the strength and deformation properties of the specimens. The results show that the static properties of CFRPC increased first and then decreased with the increase of the polymer-cement ratio, in which the splitting tensile strength had the most significant increase; the flexural strength took second place and the compressive strength had a slight increase. When the polymer-cement ratio was 8%, the flexural and splitting tensile strength of the CFRPC specimens increased significantly by 36% and 61%, respectively. According to electron microscopy images, adding emulsion powder can effectively improve the structure of fiber-matrix transition zones and enhance the bond property between fibers and the matrix.
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