Thermal resistance of fly ash based rubberized geopolymer concrete

By Salmabanu Luhar, S. Chaudhary, I. Luhar. Journal of Building Engineering, 2018

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Abstract This research paper presents the first scientific attempt at a comparative study of thermal resistance of fly ash based geopolymer concrete and rubberized geopolymer concrete. In this study, rubberized fly ash based geopolymer concrete has been prepared using waste rubber tire fibres as a partial substitute for natural river sand, providing an efficient solution to the disposal problems of both fly ash and waste rubber. Changes in the weight, compressive strength, density, and microstructure of control and rubberized fly ash based geopolymer concrete at room temperature, and after thermal treatment at 200 °C, 400 °C, 600 °C and 800 °C for two hours, have been investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform spectrometry (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA). Results indicate that the loss in strength for rubberized geopolymer concrete at elevated temperatures is only slightly higher than that of the control geopolymer concrete because of the probable mismatch between the coefficients of thermal expansion of the integral materials.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering

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• Fire Resistance Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete: An Overview (2021, background): “[5] The rubberized geopolymer concrete, loss of strength at elevated temperatures is only somewhat more than the control geopolymer concrete, due to the possible inconsistencies of the integral materials coefficients of thermal expansion.”