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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Thermoanalytical and Tensile Strength Studies of Polypropylene Fibre-Reinforced Cement Composites Designed for Tunnel Applications.

Tomasz Drzymała, Ewa Rudnik, Sylwia Lewicka

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Tomasz DrzymałaFaculty of Safety Engineering and Civil Protection, Fire University, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9568-3235
Ewa RudnikInstitute of Safety Engineering, Fire University, 52/54 Słowackiego Street, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4776-8298
Sylwia LewickaIndependent Researcher, 41-803 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5071-2255

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, the thermal and mechanical properties of mortars reinforced with polypropylene (PP) fibres have been studied. Particularly, the effect of polypropylene fibres' addition on the thermal behaviour of fine-grained building mortars at high temperatures was studied using simultaneous thermal analysis. Two types of polypropylene fibres, differing in shape and size, were used as fillers. The thermal behaviour of cement mortar samples with and without fibres was described. Special attention was given to the thermal behaviour of fibre-reinforced cement mortars subjected to the high temperatures of 100 °C, 200 °C, 300 °C, 400 °C, 500 °C, and 600 °C. Comparative studies using simultaneous thermal analysis (STA) were also performed for non-heated samples (20 °C). The TG, DTG, and DTA curves were analysed to investigate the effects related to the dehydration and the decomposition of hydration and carbonation products. Compared to mortar samples without fibres, the results showed that the presence of polypropylene fibres contributes to an increase in the thermal stability of the samples. It has been proven that the impact of the type and amount of PP fibres in the tested range (1.8 kg/m

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cementitious compositecement mortarseffect of high temperaturemechanical propertiespolypropylene fibrethermal degradationtunnel applications

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PMID41515807
PMCPMC12786535

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