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18 April 2022 Chitosan-based shrinking fibers for post-cure stressing to increase durability of concrete
Diarmuid Gregory, Robert Worley II, Joshua Allen, Mathew Kaplita, Dryver Huston
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Proceedings Volume PC12044, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials XVI; (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2617115
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2022, Long Beach, California, United States
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Concrete is a ubiquitous building material with an extensive history, yet it has notable limitations. Its sizeable environmental impact, low tensile to compressive strength ratio, and lack of durability leave room for innovation. Concrete durability frames the motivation for this research. This paper presents the motivation, methods, and findings of tests performed to quantify the durability of concrete reinforced with automatically shrinking, chitosan-based fibers. A literature review, the procedures used for synthesizing chitosan fibers, and preliminary tests of the control fibers are all discussed. Durability is characterized with a rapid freezing and thawing test. Freeze-thaw damage is a recurrent form of weathering and is a significant cause of concrete damage. From the freeze-thaw test, 1 wt% shrinking (active) fiber reinforced concrete had a 198.3% average increase in durability factor over non-shrinking (passive) fiber reinforced concrete and a 251.4% average increase over non-reinforced concrete.
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Diarmuid Gregory, Robert Worley II, Joshua Allen, Mathew Kaplita, and Dryver Huston "Chitosan-based shrinking fibers for post-cure stressing to increase durability of concrete", Proc. SPIE PC12044, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials XVI, (18 April 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2617115
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KEYWORDS
Biopolymers
Cements
Chemical elements
Polymers
Resistance
Temperature metrology
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