Experimental study on stress-strain behavior of recycled steel fiber reinforced recycled aggregate self-compacting concrete under uniaxial cyclic compression
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This study investigates the stress-strain behaviour of recycled steel fiber (RSF) reinforced recycled aggregate self-compacting concrete (RSF-RSCC) under cyclic compressive loading. Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring is employed to characterize the damage evolution and cracking characteristics during cyclic loading. The effect of RSF content and the combined use of RSFs and supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) on the cyclic compressive behaviour of RSF-RSCC are systematically studied. The results show that the incorporation of RSFs significantly improves the cyclic compressive performance of RSF-RSCC. In addition, the addition of RSFs and SCMs exhibits superior combined effect and results in a noticeable increase in peak stress (up to 38.3%), maximum strain (up to 110.6%), elastic modulus (up to 45.39%) and ductility (up to 41.24%), while reducing stiffness degradation and plastic strain accumulation. AE analysis, including the RA-AF parameters, cumulative ringing counts, AE energy, and amplitude distribution, reveals that the control RSCC exhibits brittle tensile failure, whereas RSF-RSCC shows a more ductile shear-dominated failure mode, accompanied by fiber pull-out and sliding. Finally, a simplified constitutive model is proposed for RSF-RSCC under cyclic compression by considering the effect of RSFs.
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OpenAlex topics: Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance · Innovative concrete reinforcement materials · Concrete and Cement Materials Research
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