TY - CONF A1 - von Werder, Julia A1 - Gardei, André A1 - Meng, Birgit ED - Caprai, V. ED - Brouwers, H. J. H. T1 - Functionalization of fibres for cement-based materials - selected test methods T2 - Proceedings ICSBM 2019 N2 - The low tensile strength of cement-based materials can be improved by the addition of fibres. In a joint research project, an industrial partner designed special coatings for polymer and carbon fibres by integrating surfactants and hydrophilic compounds. Aim of the developed functionalization was to ensure an even coverage of the fibre surfaces and to anchor them chemically in the cement-based matrix. Task of the BAM was to quantify the effect of the improved bond. In a first step a workable mortar adjusted to the strength of the tested fibres was developed and the fibre distribution assessed by light microscopy and computed tomography. To test the new coating for its efficiency to prevent cracking during hardening and to improve the loadbearing behaviour new test setups were developed or existing methods were adjusted. The experiments showed that the functionalization leads to a reduction of the crack area measured after the exposure of the wet mortar to strong drying conditions in the wind channel. Regarding the Efficiency to mitigate shrinkage cracks the functionalisation turned out to be more efficient for fibres made from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) than for carbon fibres. An improvement of the tensile strength after cracking of the cementitious matrix could only be documented for the coated carbon fibres. It could be quantified, however, only in the three-point bending tests because the fibres turned out to be too brittle for the applied single fibre pull-through test. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials CY - Eindhoven, Netherlands DA - 12.08.2019 KW - Fibres KW - Functionalization KW - Mortar KW - Computed tomography KW - Shrinkage PY - 2019 VL - 5 SP - 16 EP - 25 AN - OPUS4-49480 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -