Performances of high performance polymer modified concrete for mining engineering
Although ordinary concrete is used in mining engineering, it has many defects such as high brittleness and low flexibility. It is urgent to exploit a kind of high performance polymer modified concrete for mining engineering which has low cost price, high performance, high bond strength, great convenience and excellent durability. Mechanical properties and durability were studied on ordinary concrete, concrete with polyacrylic acid latex and concrete with polyacrylic acid, styrene-acrylic two latexies and silica fume. The results are as follow. First, compression strength of concrete with polyacrylic acid latex is lower than that of ordinary cncrete. And its rupture strength, tensile splitting strength, bond strength and impermeability is higher by 28.6%, 37.5%, 55.3% and 77.2% than ordinary concrete respectively. Second, concrete with polyacrylic acid, styrene-acrylic two latexies and silica fume has higher compression strength than common concrete. At the same time, its rupture strength, tensile splitting strength, bond strength and impermeability is higher by 48.8% 53.1% 73.0% and 83.3% than ordinary cncrete respectively. So, it is called high performance polymer modified concrete. Third, it was analysed by scanning electron microscope. Last, the experiments in a mine shows that its performances and bond strength with tunnels are higher than ordinary concrete while its price is only higher by 0.6% for 1 stere concrete.
Microstructural aspects in a polymer-modified cement
Scanning electron microscopic observations of polymer-free and polymer-modified cements have shown that the polymer particles are partitioned between the inside of hydrates and the surface of anhydrous cement grains. Differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, and porosimetry experiments show the retardant effect of the polymer and provide information on changes in porosity.
Mechanical behaviour and durability of high volume fly ash cementitious composites
The purpose of this research is to separate different morphological particles of ASTM class F fly ash, and study their effect on mechanical behaviour and durability of high volume cementitious mixtures. In this research wet separation of raw fly ash is carried out, which resulted in three layers of different morphological particles. The first layer of particles float, comprise of about 1-5% of fly ash, is identified as cenospheres or hollow spheres. The second layer of particles is measured to be 55-60% of raw fly ash and consisting of porous spherical and rounded particles rich in Si and Al. The third layer particles is measured to be about 35-40% of raw fly ash. High volume fly ash cementitious composites containing second or third layer particles are tested under compression and bending, highlighting a higher strength and ductility in comparison to cementitious ones containing raw fly ash particles. KEYWORDS. Cementitious matrix; Raw fly ash; Second layer particles; Third layer particles.