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Domenico Cecini
Domenico
Cecini
Simon Austin
Simon
Austin
Sergio Pialarissi-Cavalaro
Sergio
Pialarissi-Cavalaro
Alessandro Palmeri
Alessandro
Palmeri
Accelerated electric curing of steel-fibre reinforced concrete
Loughborough University
2018
Direct electric curing
Steam curing
Steel fibre reinforced
Concrete
Microstructural analysis
Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
2018-09-18 15:23:25
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Accelerated_electric_curing_of_steel-fibre_reinforced_concrete/9446858
This paper evaluates the effect of electric curing on the mechanical properties and microstructure of steel fibre reinforced concrete. Specimens subjected to electric curing, steam curing and without curing were tested for compressive and residual flexural tensile strengths at different ages. The fibre-matrix contact area after pull-out was characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy. Although electric cured specimens had consistently smaller residual flexural strengths than steam cured specimens, differences were not statistically significant. Results derived from this study confirm the feasibility of applying electric curing for the production of elements made with steel-fibre reinforced concrete.