The use of ice as structural material has two main concerns: the low strength and the brittle failure of the structures. With the aim of finding a solution to these problems, an experimental campaign, performed on fiber-reinforced ice (FRI) samples, made with plain water and bio-fibers, is presented in this paper. In total, 12 ice prisms were cast at − 18 °C with a different content of fibers, and then tested in three-point bending and uniaxial compression. Test results indicate that the presence of a reinforcement increases both flexural and compressive strength with respect to plain ice. Moreover, FRI is a tougher material, as multiple cracking and deflection hardening behavior can be observed in the flexural tests. However, the mechanical performances of plain ice are not always enhanced by the fiber-reinforcement. Therefore, an empirical model, capable of predicting the optimal content of bio-fibers, is also proposed.
Optimal content of bio-fibers in structural ice / Fantilli, Alessandro P.; Frigo, Barbara; Dehkordi, Farmehr M.. - In: MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. - ISSN 1359-5997. - ELETTRONICO. - 57:8(2024), pp. 1-13. [10.1617/s11527-024-02455-2]
Optimal content of bio-fibers in structural ice
Fantilli, Alessandro P.;Frigo, Barbara;Dehkordi, Farmehr M.
2024
Abstract
The use of ice as structural material has two main concerns: the low strength and the brittle failure of the structures. With the aim of finding a solution to these problems, an experimental campaign, performed on fiber-reinforced ice (FRI) samples, made with plain water and bio-fibers, is presented in this paper. In total, 12 ice prisms were cast at − 18 °C with a different content of fibers, and then tested in three-point bending and uniaxial compression. Test results indicate that the presence of a reinforcement increases both flexural and compressive strength with respect to plain ice. Moreover, FRI is a tougher material, as multiple cracking and deflection hardening behavior can be observed in the flexural tests. However, the mechanical performances of plain ice are not always enhanced by the fiber-reinforcement. Therefore, an empirical model, capable of predicting the optimal content of bio-fibers, is also proposed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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