Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation

To overcome the problems of steel fiber reinforced high performance cementitious composites (SF/HPCC), such as mixing difficulties, self-weight, high cost and high carbon emissions. The polypropylene fiber (PPF) was selected to substitute steel fiber (SF) in equal volume to explore the rule of PPF r...

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Main Authors: Weiguo Zhang, Xiang Lv, Jun Tian, Hongbo Liu, Xiaowei Wu, Shengwen Tang, Nengzhong Lei, Yulin Wang, Wentong Huang
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author Weiguo Zhang
Xiang Lv
Jun Tian
Hongbo Liu
Xiaowei Wu
Shengwen Tang
Nengzhong Lei
Yulin Wang
Wentong Huang
author_facet Weiguo Zhang
Xiang Lv
Jun Tian
Hongbo Liu
Xiaowei Wu
Shengwen Tang
Nengzhong Lei
Yulin Wang
Wentong Huang
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description To overcome the problems of steel fiber reinforced high performance cementitious composites (SF/HPCC), such as mixing difficulties, self-weight, high cost and high carbon emissions. The polypropylene fiber (PPF) was selected to substitute steel fiber (SF) in equal volume to explore the rule of PPF replacement rate on workability, compressive strength and split tensile strength of SF-PPF/HPCC, and the mechanism of the effect of the substitution ratio of PPF for SF on the mechanical properties of SF-PPF/HPCC was revealed. Finally, the carbon emission and economic analysis of SF-PPF/HPCC were evaluated. The results showed that PPF substitution of SF improves the workability of SF-PPF/HPCC, Compared to SP0, the SP10, SP15, SP20, SP30, and SP40 showed an increase of 4.34 %, 6.52 %, 10.87 %, 13.04 %, and 13.04 % in slump, and an increase of 1.25 %, 2.5 %, 5 %, 6.25 %, and 7.5 % in slump flow, respectively. For the mechanical properties, when the replacement of SF by PPF was 20 % (SP20), the compressive strength decreased by 6.54 % and the splitting tensile strength increased by 16.82 % compared with SP0. From the quantitative analysis of microscopic morphology and microscopic parameters, the increase of the substitution rate of PPF weakened the cutting effect of SF, so that the particles tended to be elongated and the pore size increased. However, the reasonable blending of PPF and SF can make the size of particle and pore tend to be fine and improve the macroscopic properties of SF-PPF/HPCC. Replacing SF with PPF can reduce CO2 emission, lower the social cost of CO2 emission, and lower the production cost of SF-PPF/HPCC, which was an effective strategy to achieve low-carbon and low-cost production, and was of great significance to promote its application in the engineering field.
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spelling doaj-art-e5330cb01378497c9eae8b9ec58817142025-08-20T01:57:19ZengElsevierJournal of CO2 Utilization2212-98392025-03-019310303910.1016/j.jcou.2025.103039Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluationWeiguo Zhang0Xiang Lv1Jun Tian2Hongbo Liu3Xiaowei Wu4Shengwen Tang5Nengzhong Lei6Yulin Wang7Wentong Huang8School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, China; School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China; School of Civil engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 400045, ChinaChina Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd, Beijing 100054, ChinaSchool of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China; Corresponding authors.School of Civil engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 400045, China; Corresponding authors.School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Resources Engineering and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, ChinaSchool of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, ChinaTo overcome the problems of steel fiber reinforced high performance cementitious composites (SF/HPCC), such as mixing difficulties, self-weight, high cost and high carbon emissions. The polypropylene fiber (PPF) was selected to substitute steel fiber (SF) in equal volume to explore the rule of PPF replacement rate on workability, compressive strength and split tensile strength of SF-PPF/HPCC, and the mechanism of the effect of the substitution ratio of PPF for SF on the mechanical properties of SF-PPF/HPCC was revealed. Finally, the carbon emission and economic analysis of SF-PPF/HPCC were evaluated. The results showed that PPF substitution of SF improves the workability of SF-PPF/HPCC, Compared to SP0, the SP10, SP15, SP20, SP30, and SP40 showed an increase of 4.34 %, 6.52 %, 10.87 %, 13.04 %, and 13.04 % in slump, and an increase of 1.25 %, 2.5 %, 5 %, 6.25 %, and 7.5 % in slump flow, respectively. For the mechanical properties, when the replacement of SF by PPF was 20 % (SP20), the compressive strength decreased by 6.54 % and the splitting tensile strength increased by 16.82 % compared with SP0. From the quantitative analysis of microscopic morphology and microscopic parameters, the increase of the substitution rate of PPF weakened the cutting effect of SF, so that the particles tended to be elongated and the pore size increased. However, the reasonable blending of PPF and SF can make the size of particle and pore tend to be fine and improve the macroscopic properties of SF-PPF/HPCC. Replacing SF with PPF can reduce CO2 emission, lower the social cost of CO2 emission, and lower the production cost of SF-PPF/HPCC, which was an effective strategy to achieve low-carbon and low-cost production, and was of great significance to promote its application in the engineering field.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221298202500023XSF-PPF/HPCCWorkabilityMechanical propertiesMechanismCarbon emission and economic analysis
spellingShingle Weiguo Zhang
Xiang Lv
Jun Tian
Hongbo Liu
Xiaowei Wu
Shengwen Tang
Nengzhong Lei
Yulin Wang
Wentong Huang
Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation
Journal of CO2 Utilization
SF-PPF/HPCC
Workability
Mechanical properties
Mechanism
Carbon emission and economic analysis
title Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation
title_full Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation
title_fullStr Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation
title_short Steel-polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement-based composites: Mechanical properties, microscopic mechanisms, and carbon emission evaluation
title_sort steel polypropylene hybrid fiber high performance cement based composites mechanical properties microscopic mechanisms and carbon emission evaluation
topic SF-PPF/HPCC
Workability
Mechanical properties
Mechanism
Carbon emission and economic analysis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221298202500023X
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