Title
Study of Mechanical Behavior of Geopolymeric Mortars Reinforced with Ichu Fibers
Date Issued
2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Publisher(s)
Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Abstract
Reinforced geopolymeric mortars were manufactured by mixing mining tailings, fine sand, Ichu fibers (in variable percentages), sodium hydroxide and water. The microstructure of the obtained mortars consisted of a continuous geopolymer binder phase with sand particles and Ichu fibers dispersed within the binder phase. The real density and average porosity of the reinforced mortars was 2.74 g/cm3 and 34%, respectively. It was possible to verify the influence of the addition of Ichu fibers on the mechanical response in uniaxial compression of the studied mortars, due to the poor interface between the geopolymer and the fibers. The mechanical results revealed a systematic reduction of the maximum compressive strength when the volume of Ichu fibers in the mortar mixtures was increased. On the other hand, a higher degree of deformation was evidenced in mortar mixtures containing a greater amount of Ichu fibers, reaching deformation values ​​of up to 5%. The maximum resistance values ​​found were from 2.87 to 20.76 MPa for samples with 8 and 0 vol.% of Ichu fibers added, respectively.
Start page
167
End page
174
Volume
931
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería civil
Publication version
Version of Record
Resource of which it is part
Key Engineering Materials
ISSN of the container
1662-9795
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Universidad Católica San Pablo