BASALT FIBER REINFORCED SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE FOR ELEVATED TEMPERATURES: A REVIEW

Abstract

In the world today, architectural design demands new materials for construction that would be durable and enhance the performance of concrete structures in different situations. There is great promise in this new material due to its self-compaction, mechanical properties, and sustainability basalt fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete (SCC). This comprehensive study would look at basalt fiber-reinforced SCC at elevated temperatures. Many investigations have investigated temperature effects on tensile strength, and residual compressive strength, and its comparative analysis has produced complex results. The results are quite diverse as different studies have worked out their tensile strength for various temperature ranges (300℃, 600℃, 500℃, 400℃+). The tensile strength was 28% higher at 300℃, 32% higher at 600℃, and 20% lower at 500℃, 25% to 38% lower at and 400℃. In contrast, At the same ranges, the residual compressive strengths were found to be 19% higher, 70% lower, 28% lower, and 12% to 14% lower respectively. These outcomes would illustrate how various factors interrelate to influence material behavior at different temperatures. In addition, there is no denying that this relationship among temperature, tensile strength, and residual compressive strength is influenced by the characteristics of materials, testing procedures used in each research work, and other experimental conditions that are set. To make clear conclusions regarding the effect of temperature on the tensile and residual compressive strength a deep understanding of these components is required.