Aligning steel fibers in cement mortar using electro-magnetic field

Abstract An approach of aligning steel fibers in cement mortar using external uniform electromagnetic field is presented, which is the rotating process of steel fiber driven by magnetic force to overcome the viscous impeding of the mortar. Using the approach, the aligned steel fiber reinforced cement mortar (ASFRC) is prepared. Then the orientation distribution of the steel fibers in ASFRC is measured by X-CT image analysis. The results show that the orientation efficiency factor of the steel fibers in ASFRC reaches around 0.90, while that of ordinary steel fiber reinforced cement mortar (SFRC) is around 0.50. Also, the splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and toughness of the ASFRC are tested. The test results show that, compared with SFRC, the splitting tensile strength and flexural strength of ASFRC increase up to more than 100%, which is attributed to the increase in reinforcing efficiency of aligned steel fibers.

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