Abstract:
Compared with the asphalt concrete pavement, the cement concrete pavement possesses higher strength. Thusly, the cement concrete pavement has become the most widely used pavement structure in china. However, the brittle fracture property of cement concrete has restricted its application in high grade pavement. In this paper, a series of three-point-bending north beam tests were performed to study the resistant fracture capacity of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete. Meanwhile, the P-Crack Mouth Open Displacement (short for P-CMOD) curves with different fiber volume contents (including 0%, 0.4%, 0.8%, 1.6% and 3.2%) were measured and monitored as the evaluation indicator to assess the resistant fracture capacity of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete. The results have indicated that with the increasing of fiber volume contents, the compression strength and the splitting strength would decline, but the fracture toughness would increase remarkably. Furthermore, a rather concrete explanation for the resistant fracture capacity enhancement of cement concrete with fiber reinforcement is provided.