A probabilistic fatigue failure analysis for FRSCC with Granite sawing waste

Aarthi.K, Arunachalam.K and Thivakar.S

Abstract

This paper investigates the compressive fatigue behaviour of polypropylene fibre reinforced self compacting concrete with Granite Sawing Waste (GSW). An experimental programme was conducted to obtain the fatigue lives of fibre reinforced self compacting concrete (FRSCC) at various stress levels. The stress ratio was kept constant as 0.3. Compressive fatigue test was conducted on 60 cubic specimens with 100mm edge length and 0.1% of polypropylene fibres at a frequency of 0.05Hz. The test results indicate that the fatigue lives of concretes containing granite sawing waste follow the double-parameter Weibull distribution. The fatigue strength equations have been developed based on different probabilities of failure.

Key Words

failure probability; FRSCC; Compressive fatigue; Granite Sawing Waste

Address

Aarthi.K: Department of Civil Enginnering, Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India 630003 Arunachalam.K: Department of Civil Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India 625015 Thivakar.S: Department of Civil Engineeeirng, Fatima Michael College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai Tamilnadu, India 625020

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