Textile Cement Composites

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    Fabric Reinforced Cement composites

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    Manufacturing of TRC with the pultrusion process

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    Product Development

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    Tensile Stress-Strain TRC made by pultrusion with glass fibers

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    SEM Micrograph of matrix embedment in AR Glass fabric

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    E-Glass Fabric

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    PE fabrics

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    Damaged beam cement composites after a 200 mm drop impact

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    Damaged plate cement composites after a 200 mm drop impact

Textile reinforced cement-based composites are a new class of sustainable construction materials with superior tensile strength and ductility. These materials have the potential for becoming load-bearing structural members, therefore a wide array of structural and non-structural applications are possible. For such elements addition of reinforcement is essential in order to improve the tensile and flexural performance. The enhanced mechanical behavior is primarily governed by interfacial bond characteristics between fabrics and matrix. This project has explored the potential utilization of the pultrusion process for the production of high-performance fabric-cement composites. Application of these composites systems in areas of high impact, blast remediation, repair and retrofit, earthquake remediation, and strengthening of unreinforced masonry walls and beam-column connections are also addressed.

Using the developed methodology, various shapes and cross sections have been developed with potential for the new structural systems. These include rectangular tubes, sandwich panels with lightweight aggregate core, W sections, channels, and angles, thin panels, honeycomb elements, and pipes. Other applications include The primary component of this new construction technology is the development of a family of cement products as thin elements (about 10 mm thickness), which can then be formed into wall panels; structural shapes, exterior siding; roofing tiles; truss elements, and pressure pipes.

The main advantage of fabrics as reinforcements in cement-based composites is the enhancement of mechanical behavior, especially when low modulus low-cost yarns are used. In addition, modern textile technology offers a wide variety of fabrics with great flexibility in fabric design and control of yarn geometry and orientation. This flexibility allows the engineering of composite performance for various cement products. Practical use of textile-cement composites requires an industrial cost-effective production process. The pultrusion process is a natural candidate for this purpose, as it is based on a relatively simple set up using low-cost equipment while assuring uniform production and good control of laminates alignment. In this process, continuous reinforcements are impregnated in the fresh matrix and then pulled through a set of rotating cylinders, which apply pressure, remove the excess matrix, and form fabric composite laminates. It has been demonstrated in numerous circumstances that the production method can have a substantial impact on the properties of the final product, hence our effort is to understand and control these parameters for optimum materials development.

The challenges of this research are: 1) development of pultrusion processing techniques for textile reinforced cement composites, 2) development of cement mixtures with appropriate rheology for the pultrusion process, and optimal mechanical performance, 3) optimization of textile materials and structure for various product requirements, and 4) development of a series of typical products that can be implemented and used in the current building technology, Rehabilitation, and durability and seismic strengthening. The promising combination of fabric reinforcement in cement composite products and the pultrusion process is expected to lead to an effective novel technique to produce a new class of high-performance textile-cement composite materials. Such breakthrough may open the way for a multitude of new products and applications.

  1. Peled, A. and Mobasher, B.,”Pultruded Fabric-Cement Composites,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 102, No. 1, pp. 15-23, 2005. [download]
  2. Peled, A., Mobasher, B., “Properties of Fabric-Cement Composites Made by Pultrusion,” Materials and Structures, Vol. 39, ent and Concrete Research, 36:9, (2006) 1661–1671, 2006. [download]
  3. Sueki, S., Soranakom, C., Peled, A., and Mobasher, B., “Pullout-Slip Response of Fabrics Embedded in a Cement Paste Matrix, ASCE Journal of Materials Engineering, Vol. 19, 9, 2007. [download]
  4. A. Peled , B. Mobasher , “Tensile Behavior of Fabric Cement-Based Composites: Pultruded and Cast” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 340-348, 2007. [download]
  5. Mobasher, B., Peled, A., and Pahilajani, J., “Distributed cracking and stiffness degradation in fabric-cement composites”, Materials and Structures, (2006) 39:317–331 [download]
  6. Mobasher, B., Pahilajani, J., Peled, A.,”Analytical Simulation of Tensile Response of Fabric Reinforced Cement Based Composites”, Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 28, No. 1, Jan-2006, pp. 77-89. [download]
  7. Soranakom, C., and Mobasher, B., “Modeling of tension stiffening in reinforced cement composites: Part I -Theoretical Modeling, Materials and Structures, (2010) 43:1217–1230 DOI 10.1617/s11527-010-9594-8, 2010. [download]
  8. Soranakom, C., and Mobasher, B., “Modeling of tension stiffening in reinforced cement composites: Part II – simulations vs. experimental results,” Materials and Structures, (2010) 43:1231–1243, DOI 10.1617/s11527-010-9593-9, 2010. [download]
  9. Soranakom, C., and Mobasher, B., “Geometrical and Mechanical aspects of Fabric Bonding and Pullout in Cement Composites,” Materials and Structures, 2009, Vol. 42. pp. 765-777 DOI 10.1617/s11527-008-9422-6. [download]
  10. A. Peled, B. Mobasher, and Z. Cohen, “Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Fabrics in Pultruded Cement Composites” Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites, 31 (2009) 647–657. [download]
  11. Peled, and B. Mobasher, “Cement Based Pultruded Composites with Fabrics,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC7) in Warsaw, October 13-15, pp. 505-514, 2003.[download]
  12. Mobasher, B., “Modeling Of Cement Based Composite Laminates” High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites- Volume 4, RILEM Proc. 4th Int.Workshop, Eds. A.E. Naaman, and H.W. Reinhardt. E &FN Spon, 2003. pp. 81-93. [download]
  13. Peled A., Bentur A., and B. Mobasher, “Pultrusion Versus Casting Processes For The Production Of Fabric-Cement Compoites” Proceedings, RILEM Conference on Fiber reinforced Concrete, BEFIB, 2004. pp. 1495-1504.[download]
  14. Peled, A., Mobasher, B., Sueki, S. “Technology Methods In Textile Cement-Based Composites” Concrete Science and Engineering, A Tribute to Arnon Bentur, Edited By: K. Kovler, J. Marchand, S. Mindess, and J. Weiss, RILEM Proceedings PRO 36, March 2004. pp. 187-202.[download]
  15. Mobasher, B. , Peled, A., and Pahilajani, “Pultrusion of Fabric Reinforced High Flyash Blended Cement Composites,” Proceedings, RILEM Technical Meeting, BEFIB, 2004. pp. 1473-1482. [download]
  16. Mobasher, B., Peled, A., “Use of R-Curves for Characterization of Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Concrete,” Proceedings, International Conferences on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS V) Vail Colorado, 2004. pp.1137-1143. [download]
  17. B. Mobasher, “Modeling of Cement Based Composite Laminates,” Proceedings, ACI Special Publications, ACI Special Publications, 2005, SP-224 Thin Reinforced Cement Products and Construction Systems, pp.179-192. [download]
  18. Peled, A., Mobasher, B., Sueki, S. “Technology Methods In Textile Cement-Based Composites” Concrete Science and Engineering, A Tribute to Arnon Bentur, Edited By: K. Kovler, J. Marchand, S. Mindess, and J. Weiss, RILEM Proceedings PRO 36, March 2004. pp. 187-202.[download]
  19. Peled A., Bentur A., and B. Mobasher, “Pultrusion Versus Casting Processes For The Production Of Fabric-Cement Compoites” Proceedings, RILEM Conference on Fiber reinforced Concrete, BEFIB, 2004. pp. 1495-1504.[download]
  20. Mobasher, B., Peled, A., and Pahilajani, J. “Pultrusion Process for Fabric Reinforced High Flyash Cement Composites”, World of Coal Ash – Lexington, Kentucky – April 11-15, 2005. CD-ROM [download]
  21. Mobasher, B. , “Advances in Modeling FRC Materials ” Fiber Reinforced Concrete: From Theory to Practice – Proceedings of the North American/European Workshop on Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Starrylink Editrice, Editors: S. Ahmad, M. di Prisco, C. Meyer, GA Plizzari, S. Shah, 2005, pp.113-123. [download]
  22. Soranakom, C., and Mobasher, B., “Correlation of Tensile and Flexural Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Cement Composite.” Proceeding of the Eighth International Symposium and Workshop on Ferrocement and Thin Reinforced Cement Composites, Bangkok, Thailand, February, 2006, pp. 621-632. [download]
  23. A. Peled, S. Sueki ,and B. Mobasher, “Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Fabrics in Pultruded Cement Composites,” 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16), Special Symposium Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties: An International Symposium dedicated to Professor Surendra P. Shah, Maria S. Konsta-Gdoutos (Editor) Alexandroupolis, Greece, July, 2006, pp. 749-763. [download]
  24. Butnariu, E., Peled, A., and Mobasher, B., “Impact Behavior Of Fabric-Cement Based Composites”, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC8) Warsaw, Edited by A.M. Brandt, V.C. Li, and I.H. Marshall, pp. 293-302, 2006. [download]
  25. Soranakom, C., Mobasher, B., and Bansal, S., “Effect of Material Non-Linearity on The Flexural Response of Fiber Reinforced Concrete,” Proceeding of the Eighth International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites BMC8, Warsaw, Poland, Edited by A.M. Brandt, V.C. Li, and I.H. Marshall, October 2006, pp. 85-98.[download]
  26. Butnariu, E., Peled, A., and Mobasher, B., “Impact Behavior Of Fabric-Cement Based Composites”, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC8) Warsaw, Edited by A.M. Brandt, V.C. Li, and I.H. Marshall, pp. 293-302, 2006. [download]
  27. Peled, A., Mobasher, B. , “Effect Of Processing On Mechanical Properties Of Textile – Reinforced Concrete,” Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) – Symposium sponsored by the ACI Committees 549-544, ACI Special Publications, 2007. [download]
  28. A. Peled, S. Sueki ,and B. Mobasher, “Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Fabrics in Pultruded Cement Composites,” 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16), Special Symposium Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties: An International Symposium dedicated to Professor Surendra P. Shah, Maria S. Konsta-Gdoutos (Editor) Alexandroupolis, Greece, July, 2006, pp. 749-763. [download]
  29. C. Soranakom, and B. Mobasher “Flexural modeling of strain softening and strain hardening fiber reinforced concrete,” H.W. Reinhardt and A.E. Naaman, Co-Editors, “High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites – HPFRCC 5,” RILEM Proceedings, Pro. 53, S.A.R.L., Cachan, France, pp.155-164, 2007. [download]
  30. M. Gencoglu, B. Mobasher, “Static and Impact Behavior of Fabric Reinforced Cement Composites in Flexure” H.W. Reinhardt and A.E. Naaman, Co-Editors, “High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites – HPFRCC 5,” RILEM Proceedings, Pro. 53, S.A.R.L., Cachan, France, pp.463-470, 2007. [download]
  31. Peled, A., Mobasher, B. , “Effect Of Processing On Mechanical Properties Of Textile – Reinforced Concrete,” Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) – Symposium sponsored by the ACI Committees 549-544, ACI Special Publications, 2007. [download]
  32. Soronakom, C., and Mobasher B., Design Flexural Analysis and Design of Textile Reinforced Concrete Textile Reinforced Structures : Proceedings of the 4nd Colloquium on Textile Reinforced Structures (CTRS4) und zur 1. Anwendertagung, SFB 528, Technische Universität Dresden, Eigenverlag, 2009, – ISBN 978-3-86780-122-5, pp. 273-288.
  33. W. Brameshuber, RILEM Technical report, State of the Art Report 36: Textile Reinforced Concrete – RILEM Technical committee 201, 292 pp. – ISBN 2-912143-99-3, 2006.
  34. Silva F. A., Butler M., Zhu D., Mechtcherine V. and Mobasher B. “Strain Rate Effects on Strength and Fracture Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete Subjected to Tensile Loading” International Conference on Material Science and 64th RILEM Annual Week in Aachen – MATSCI, 2010.

2003

  • T. Desai , R. Shah, A. Peled, and B. Mobasher, “Mechanical Properties of Concrete Reinforced with AR-Glass Fibers, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC7) in Warsaw, October 13-15, 2003. pp. 223-232. [download]
  • A. Peled, and B. Mobasher, “Cement Based Pultruded Composites with Fabrics,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC7), Warsaw, Poland, pp. 505-514, 2003. [download]
  • Mobasher, B., Peled, A., “Use of R-Curves for Characterization of Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Concrete,” Proceedings, International Conferences on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS V) Vail Colorado, 2004. pp.1137-1143. [download]
  • B. Mobasher, “Micromechanical Modeling of Filament Wound Cement-Based Composites,” ASCE, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Volume 129, No. 4, pp. 373-382, 2003. (9 pages, pdf format, 1121K)

2004

  • Peled, A., Mobasher, B., Sueki, S. “Technology Methods In Textile Cement-Based Composites” Concrete Science and Engineering, A Tribute to Arnon Bentur, Edited By: K. Kovler, J. Marchand, S. Mindess, and J. Weiss, RILEM Proceedings PRO 36, March 2004. pp. 187-202. [download]
  •   Peled A., Bentur A., and B. Mobasher, “Pultrusion Versus Casting Processes For The Production Of Fabric-Cement Composites” Proceedings, RILEM Conference on Fiber reinforced Concrete, BEFIB, 2004. pp. 1495-1504. [download]
  • Mobasher, B. , Peled, A., and Pahilajani, “Pultrusion of Fabric Reinforced High Flyash Blended Cement Composites,” Proceedings, RILEM Technical Meeting, BEFIB, 2004. pp. 1473-1482. [download]
  • Mobasher, B. , “Advances in Modeling FRC Materials ” Fiber Reinforced Concrete: From Theory to Practice – Proceedings of the North American/European Workshop on Advances in Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Starrylink Editrice, Editors: S. Ahmad, M. di Prisco, C. Meyer, GA Plizzari, S. Shah, 2005, pp.113-123 [download]
  • Mobasher, B., Rajan, S.D. “Image Processing Applications For The Study Of Displacements And Cracking In Composite Materials” American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004. Manuscript in review. [pdf format, 1079 K]
  • Mobasher, B., Peled, A., “Use of R-Curves for Characterization of Toughening in Fiber Reinforced Concrete,” Proceedings, International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS V) Vail Colorado, 2004. pp. 1137-1143. [download]
  • Mobasher, B., “Pultrusion Process for Fabric Cement Composites”, March 19th , 2004, Invited Talk, ACBM Program Review, Evanston IL, IL [download].

2005

  • Peled, A. and Mobasher, B., Pultruded Fabric-Cement Composites,” ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 102 , No. 1, pp. 15-23, 2005. [download]
  • B. Mobasher, “Modeling Of Cement Based Composite Laminates,” ACI Special Publications, 2005, SP224 Thin Reinforced Cement Products and Construction Systems, pp.179-192. [download]
  • Mobasher, B., Peled, A., and Pahilajani, J. “Pultrusion Process for Fabric Reinforced High Flyash Cement Composites”, World of Coal Ash – Lexington, Kentucky – April 11-15, 2005. [download] CD-ROM
  • B. Mobasher, Peled A., “Effect of Processing Parameters on the Mechanical Properties of Textile Reinforced Concrete” ACI 2005 Fall Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, November 6-10, 2005. symposium titled Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) – German/International Experience sponsored by the ACI Committee 549 – Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products & Ferrocement. [download]

2006

  • Aldea C. M., Mobasher, B., Jain, N., “Cement-Based Matrix-Grid System For Masonry Rehabilitation,” Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) – German/International Experience symposium sponsored by the ACI Committee 549, ACI Special Publications, ACI Special Publications, 2006.
  • Mobasher, B., Jain, N., Aldea, C. M., Soranakom, C. “Development of Fabric Reinforced Cement Composites for Repair and Retrofit Applications, Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) – German/International Experience symposium sponsored by the ACI Committee 549, ACI Special Publications, 2006.
  • Soranakom, C., and Mobasher, B., “Correlation Of Tensile And Flexural Behavior Of Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites,” Ferro8, proceedings of the 8th International Ferrocement and thin reinforced cement composites Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006. [download]
  • A. Peled, S. Sueki ,and B. Mobasher, “Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Fabrics in Pultruded Cement Composites,” 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16), Special Symposium Measuring Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties Alexandroupolis, Greece, July, 2006 [download]
  • Butnariu, E., Peled, A., and Mobasher, B., “Impact Behavior Of Fabric-Cement Based Composites”, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC8) in Warsaw, October 22-25, 2006.
  • Soranakom, C., Mobasher, B., and Bansal, S., “Effect of Material Non-Linearity on the Flexural Response of Fiber Reinforced Concrete,” Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC8) in Warsaw, October 22-25, 2006.
  • Mobasher, B., Peled, A., and Pahilajani, J., “Distributed cracking and stiffness degradation in fabric-cement composites”, Materials and Structures, (2006) 39:317–331 [download]
  • Peled, A., Mobasher, B., “Properties of Fabric-Cement Composites Made by Pultrusion,” Materials and Structures, 2006, 1359-5997 (Print) 1871-6873 (Online). [download]
  • Sueki, S., Soranakom, C., Peled, A., and Mobasher, B., “Pullout-Slip Response of Fabrics Embedded in a Cement Paste Matrix, ASCE Journal of Materials Engineering
  • Peled, A., Sueki, S., and Mobasher, B., “Bonding In Fabric-Cement Systems: Effects Of Fabrication Methods”, Journal of Cement and Concrete Research, 2006. [download]
  • Mobasher, B., Pahilajani, J., Peled, A.,”Analytical Simulation of Tensile Response of Fabric Reinforced Cement Based Composites”, Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 28, No. 1, Jan-2006, pp. 77-89.

Theoretical

  • B. Mobasher, “Modeling of Cement Based Composite Laminates,” Proceedings, ACI Special Publications, 2005, SP224 Thin Reinforced Cement Products and Construction Systems, pp.179-192. [download]
  • Mobasher, B. , “Advances in Modeling FRC Materials ” International Workshop on Advanced Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Proceedings, Bergamo, Italy, Sept., 2004, in press. [pdf format, 155K] [view presentation]

Applications

  • Aldea Corina-Maria, Barzin Mobasher, Nora Singla,, “Cement-Based Matrix-Grid System For Masonry Rehabilitation,” ACI Spring Convention, New York, April 20, 2005. [view]

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Projects are Sponsored by: NSF, Salt River Project, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, BASF,  and St. Gobain Technical Fabrics.