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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Study on the Mechanical Characteristics of Glass and Nylon Fiber Reinforced Peach Shell Lightweight Concrete.

Jawad Ahmad, Osama Zaid, Fahid Aslam, Muhammad Shahzaib, Rahat Ullah, Hisham Alabduljabbar, Khaled Mohamed Khedher

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Jawad AhmadDepartment of Civil Engineering, Military College of Engineering, NUST, Risalpur 24080, Pakistan.
Osama ZaidDepartment of Civil Engineering, Military College of Engineering, NUST, Risalpur 24080, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-8071-1341
Fahid AslamDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2863-3283
Muhammad ShahzaibDepartment of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Rahat UllahNational Engineering Laboratory for High-Speed Railway Construction, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China.
Hisham AlabduljabbarDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled Mohamed KhedherDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4167-1690

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Abstract

In the current study, the utilization of glass and nylon fibers in various percentages are added to enhance the mechanical performance of peach shell lightweight concrete. Glass and nylon fibers were added at 2%, 4%, 6%, and 8% by cement weight. The results showed that, as we added the glass and nylon fibers, the density of peach shell concrete was reduced by 6.6%, and the compressive, split tensile and flexural strength were enhanced by 10.20%, 60.1%, and 63.49%. The highest strength that was obtained in compressive, split tensile, and flexural strength at 56 days was 29.4 MPa, 5.2 MPa, and 6.3 MPa, respectively, with 6% of glass fiber in peach shell concrete. Mechanical test results showed that post-failure toughness and modulus of elasticity of peach shell concrete is enhanced with the utilization of fibers. To verify our lab results, a statistical analysis, such as response surface methodology, was performed to make a statistical model, it was confirmed by both lab results and statistical analysis that the mechanical performance of peach shell concrete could be significantly improved by adding glass fibers as compared to nylon fibers. With the use of fibers, the water absorption and porosity were slightly increased. Hence, the glass and nylon fibers can be used to improve the peach shell concrete mechanical properties to make concrete eco-friendly, sustainable, and lightweight.

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glass fiberslightweight concretenylon fiberspeach shell aggregatesstrength

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