Increasing the content of basalt fibers to a certain extent can enhance the compressive strength of RAC, but it also significantly increases the variability of material performance. Additionally, the minimum compressive strengths of these three sets of specimens are 19.3, 19.7, and 21.0 MPa, respectively, indicating that the influence of …

Empirical relationships for estimating Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) of rock from other rock properties are numerous in literature. This is because the laboratory procedure for determination of UCS from compression tests is cumbersome, time consuming, and often considered expensive, especially for small to medium-sized …

The uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of rocks is a vital geomechanical parameter widely used for rock mass classification, stability analysis, and engineering design in rock engineering. Various UCS testing methods and apparatuses have been proposed over the past few decades. The objective of the present study is to summarize …

The results illustrate that no-fiber columns sustain more than 50 % of the failure load before cracking, while this percentage raised to 75 % upon adding basalt fiber to concrete. 0.3 % of basalt ...

[19] investigated the compressive strength of NaOH-activated basalt systems by varying the activator dosages and curing temperatures. They determined that a moderate compressive strength (about 16 MPa) can be realized and the compressive strength can be improved by increasing the curing temperature and duration.Moreover,they ...

This study investigated the importance of applying explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) on different machine learning (ML) models developed to predict the strength characteristics of basalt ...

The results in [8] showed that the average compressive strength for the basalt fiber concrete samples was higher than the compressive strength of the normal concrete samples at 7, 14 and 28 days. In the research of [9], the authors explained the variation of concrete compressive strength mixed with different basalt fibers content of 0.1% to 0.5%.

Compared with the compressive strength 250 MPa of basalt at 25℃, the compressive strength σ c after heat treatment at 200 ℃ and 400 ℃ increases by 10.50% and 15.85%, respectively. The main reason is that the expansion of mineral particles causes the gradual closure of primary fractures, which increases the compactness of …

The results revealed that the 28 days compressive strength of polypropylene, basalt, and steel fibre-reinforced mortar increased by 6.9%, 7.7%, and 16.2%, respectively, with the inclusion of fibre

In this study, the basalt rock extracted from the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia is intensively studied on its compressive properties under both static and dynamic loads covering strain rate between 2.22 × 10-6 /s to 408/s. The ultimate compressive strength and corresponding failure strain are quantified. The test results show that …

Corpus ID: 55787158; Numerical Study for Compressive Strength of Basalt Composite Sandwich Infill Panel @article{Sim2017NumericalSF, title={Numerical Study for Compressive Strength of Basalt Composite Sandwich Infill Panel}, author={Viriyavudh Sim and Jung-Kyu Choi and YongJu Kwak and Oh Hyeon Jeon and Wooyoung Jung}, …

The compressive strength increases with basalt fiber content and curing time, and reaches the peak at the fiber content of 0.2%, followed by a reduction due to the formation of weak zone at higher ...

ξ uniaxial compressive strength of the intact rock pieces, ξ value of the Hoek-Brown constant for these intact rock pieces, and ξ value of the Geological Strength Index GSI for the rock mass. ... Fresh basalt, chert, diabase, gneiss, granite, quartzite R5 ; Very: strong: 100 -250 4 -10 Specimen requires many blows of a geological :

This study investigates the potential use of basalt powder as a sole precursor or blended in high amounts in slag-based alkali-activated systems. Eight alkali-activated mixes are prepared and comprehensively analyzed to determine the compressive strength development and microstructural characterization of basalt …

Figure 6 shows the compressive strength (CS) with the addition of basalt fibers. It can be observed that BF addition increased the CS. When the amount of BFs in the mix was increased, there was a minor improvement in the CS of the material up to 1.5 percent fiber volume. ... To enhance the compressive capacity of basalt-fiber-reinforced ...

This property is usually measured to find out the compressive fracture strength, to denote whether a rock is softrock or hardrock. The rock hardness of basalt is 6 on the Mohs scale, and can be seen through a combination of its compressive strength: 100-300 Mpa (Megapascal), its tensile strength: 10-30 Mpa, and its shear strength: 20-60 Mpa ...

Fiber reinforcement technology can significantly improve the mechanical properties of soil and has been increasingly applied in geotechnical engineering. Basalt fiber is a new kind of environment-friendly and high-performance soil reinforcement material, and the mechanical properties of basalt fiber-reinforced soil have become a …

A study of strength and deformation measurements for basaltic rocks, along with consideration of the influence of fracturing using a rock mass classification system, …

Lopresto et al. [13] investigated and compared the compressive strength, Young's modulus and flexural behavior of basalt fiber reinforced plastics or polymers (BFRP) with glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP), and they found that basalt was superior and has the potential to replace glass.

The axial compressive behavior of Ultra-High Strength Concrete (UHPC) columns reinforced with basalt bars was investigated in this work. Only a few research projects have used basalt Reinforced Concrete Columns. Under axial stress, 12 columns of 150 × 150 mm in cross section and 1200 mm in height manufactured of M120 grade …

The compressive strength of basalt based H-SOD/sand composite samples cured at 80 °C for 24 h upon using different amounts of the activator (NaOH) was evaluated under dry and saturated conditions ...

The aim of this study is to understand the strength behaviour and fragment size of rocks during indirect, quasi-static and dynamic tensile tests. Four rocks with different lithological characteristics, namely: basalt, granite, sandstone, and marble were selected for this study. Brazilian disc experiments were performed over a range of strain rates …

From the results of the modal test, as shown in Table 7, and the compressive test, as presented in Table 4 and Figure 4, the compressive strength and dynamic MOE have shown a similar trend when the volume fraction of basalt fiber is increased continuously, with M 2 (0.25%) showing the highest compression and dynamic MOE value.

The rock hardness of basalt is 6 as per the Mohs scale and can be observed through a combination of its compressive strength. Generally, 100-300 Mpa or Megapascal is the compressive strength. Its tensile strength is10-30 Mpa, and its shear strength is 20-60 Mpa, which denotes that depending on the mineral makeup, basalt …

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In the present work, dynamic stress-strain response of compact basalt is tested under high loading rates using 38 mm split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device. The physical and static mechanical properties of compact basalt, e.g., density, specific gravity, static compressive strength and elastic modulus values are also determined. …

Overall, axial compressive strength for Pacaya basalt ranges widely from 12 to 174 MPa (Table 3), with the lower end falling into strength categories as low as chalk . Given that the porosity of the …

Basalt was used as an ornamental stone in many historic and ancient cities in Jordan. Measuring the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) and the tangent Young's modulus (E t) in the laboratory ...

The uniaxial compressive strength test is used to determine the maximum value of stress obtained before failure. The determination of this parameter was carried out on specimens with dimensions 7 × 7 × 7 cm along two orthogonal directions (side A–side C), in order to identify possible anisotropies which were not identified by the test of water absorption by …