COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLE CONCRETE BASE ON FIRE AND EXTREME HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT

L Wei^[1], D Syamsunur^1,2*, S Surol¹, M N H B Jusoh¹, and N I M Yusoff³

¹ Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia.

² Postgraduate Department, Universitas Bina Darma Palembang, Indonesia.

³ Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.

^1* Corresponding author’s email: [email protected]

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20885/icsbe.vol2.art6

ABSTRACT

The critical position of concrete plays a decisive role in engineering applications where extreme high-temperature environments severely affect the durability and life cycle of concrete structures. Experiments were conducted to mimic fire and extreme high-temperature environments, using different activities of nano calcium carbonate (NC) and nano silica (NS) to replace cement mixed concrete at 2.5%, 3.0% and 3.5% respectively, and a series of data analysis of nano concrete to derive patterns of performance change and drive new momentum for progress in the concrete industry. Experimental studies were conducted to explore the decaying changes in the mechanical properties of nano concrete after the concrete modified with composite nanomaterials was heated at different temperature environments of 25°C, 200°C, 400°C and 600°C. The results showed that the mechanical compressive strength of the nano concrete increased by 17.05%, 21.81% and 23.00% at 7 days respectively compared to the control concrete, and the nano 3.0% admixture showed excellent mechanical properties in the range of 25°C to 600°C. The results show that the strength checks of the nano-concrete cube and cuboid specimens after heating through different high-temperature environments were similar in rebound tests and no significant differences were found.

Keywords: Composite nanoparticles, nano-concrete, extreme high-temperature environments, high-temperature resistance, climate change

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