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PULLOUT BEHAVIOR OF OXYGEN PLASMA TREATED POLYMER FIBERS FROM CEMENT MATRIX
Author(s) -
Jan Trejbal,
Tereza Horová,
Zdeněk Prošek
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta polytechnica ctu proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2336-5382
DOI - 10.14311/app.2017.13.0130
Subject(s) - composite material , materials science , fiber , polymer , cement , matrix (chemical analysis) , adhesion , displacement (psychology) , psychology , psychotherapist
The aim of this work is to describe bonding properties between surface treated polymer fibers and a cement matrix. In order to increase an interaction between the matrix and fiber surfaces, two fiber types having approx. 0.5 mm in diameter were modified by mean of oxygen plasma treatment. Surface physical changes of treated fibers were examined using SEM morphology observation and interfacial adhesion mechanical tests. The principle of mechanical tests rested on a single fiber pulling out from the matrix (cement paste, CEM I 42.5 R, w/c 0.4). The embedded length was equal to 50 % of original fiber length (50 mm), where the fiber free-end displacement and force resisting to the displacement were monitored. It was pointed out that interfacial shear stress needed to break the bond between the modified fibers and the matrix increased almost by 15–65 % if compared to reference fibers. When the fiber free-end displacement reached to 3.5 mm, the shear strength increased almost twice.

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