Enhancing Damage-Sensing Capacity of Strain-Hardening Macro-Steel Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by Adding Low Amount of Discrete Carbons

The effects of adding micro-carbon fibers on the electro-mechanical response of macro-steel fiber-reinforced concretes (MSFRCs) under tension were investigated. Two MSFRCs were investigated and they had identical mortar matrix but different fiber contents: MSFRC1 and MSFRC2 contained 1.0 and 1.5 vol.% fibers, respectively. The volume contents of added micro-carbon fibers were 0 to 1.5 vol.% in MSFRC1 and 0 to 0.75 vol.% in MSFRC2, respectively. The addition of 0.5 vol.% micro-carbon fibers, in both MSFRC1 and MSFRC2, produced significantly enhanced damage-sensing capability and still retained their strain-hardening performance together with multiple micro cracks. However, when the content of carbon fibers was more than 0.5 vol.%, the MSFRCs generated tensile strain-softening behavior and reduced damage-sensing capability. Furthermore, the effects of temperature and humidity on the electrical resistivity of MSFRCs were investigated, as were the effects of adding multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the damage-sensing capability of MSFRCs.

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