Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences

Improving the mechanical behavior of pervious concrete using polypropylene and waste rope fibers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

S. Z. Abeer 1
Shereen Qasim Abdulridha 2
Mohammad Salah Nasr 2
Zaid Ali Hasan 2
Ali Shubbar 3

1 Roads and Transport Department, College of Engineering, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al Diwaniyah, Iraq

2 Technical Institute of Babylon, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University (ATU), Iraq

3 School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5UG, UK.

10.30772/qjes.2024.146598.1114
Abstract
Urbanization has led to the damage of infrastructure due to floods and water accumulation on roads and sidewalks. To address this problem, pervious concrete was designed to drain water smoothly. However, pervious concrete has certain drawbacks, such as brittleness and poor tensile strength. To overcome these shortcomings, it is reinforced with fiber. Polypropylene fibers are commonly used for this purpose. On the other hand, managing waste plastic is a major problem as it has a significant environmental impact and requires large areas for landfills. Waste rope fibers (WRF) are among these wastes. There have been very limited investigations on the use of WRF in pervious concrete. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of polypropylene (PP) fibers and waste rope fibers (WRF) on the mechanical and structural properties of pervious concrete. PP and WRF fibers were added in proportions of 0.25%, 0.5%, and 0.75% by volume of concrete. A range of tests (compressive strength, tensile strength, density, permeability, load-deflection behavior, and ductility) were conducted to evaluate the resulting concrete. The results indicated that although the permeability was decreased by adding fibers, the fibers significantly improved the mechanical and structural properties of pervious concrete. The highest values for compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and ultimate load were 83.4%, 72.4%, and 89.62% for PP fibers-based mixtures, while they were 49.9%, 41.9%, and 102.83% for mixtures made with WRF at an addition rate of 0.5% for both types of fibers. The results also demonstrated that the existence of fibers improved the ductility of the concrete, which means that WRF can be used successfully in producing eco-friendly pervious concrete with better performance than the control specimen.

Keywords

Pervious concrete
polypropylene fibers
Waste rope fibers
Mechanical properties
Load-deflection behavior
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Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences
Volume 17, Issue 1
Winter 2024
Pages 38-46

  • Receive Date 20 December 2023
  • Revise Date 29 January 2024
  • Accept Date 10 March 2024

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