Basalt fiber reinforced concrete using excavated material as aggregate and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025304495-A1
Application number	US-202519023034-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 15, 2025
Priority date	Mar 29, 2024
Publication date	Oct 2, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure provides a basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate, and a method for manufacturing same. The basalt fiber reinforced concrete is manufactured from ingredients according to a mix proportion as follows: 100 parts of cement, 300 parts of coarse aggregate, 226.4 parts of fine aggregate, 40 parts of water, 1 part of a water reducing agent, and chopped basalt fibers, where gneiss is crushed to manufacture the coarse aggregate and the fine aggregate, and is sieved to obtain first coarse aggregate with a grain size of 5 mm to 10 mm, second coarse aggregate with a grain size of 10 mm to 20 mm, and the fine aggregate with a grain size of 0.37 mm to 0.52 mm; in the coarse aggregate, an ingredient mix proportion of the first coarse aggregate to the second coarse aggregate is 1:1; and a volume fraction of the chopped basalt fibers is 0% to 0.5%, and an optimal volume fraction is 0.2%. Through the disclosure, an optimal fiber proportion suitable for lining structures on engineering sites can be determined.

First claim

1 . Basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate, manufactured from ingredients according to a mix proportion as follows: 100 parts of cement, 300 parts of coarse aggregate, 226.4 parts of fine aggregate, 40 parts of water, 1 part of a water reducing agent, and chopped basalt fibers, wherein gneiss is crushed to manufacture the coarse aggregate and the fine aggregate, and is sieved to obtain first coarse aggregate with a grain size of 5 mm to 10 mm, second coarse aggregate with a grain size of 10 mm to 20 mm, and the fine aggregate with a grain size of 0.37 mm to 0.52 mm; in the coarse aggregate, an ingredient mix proportion of the first coarse aggregate to the second coarse aggregate is 1:1; and a volume fraction of the chopped basalt fibers is 0% to 0.5%, and an optimal volume fraction is 0.2%.

2 . The basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 1 , wherein the gneiss used to manufacture the coarse aggregate and the fine aggregate has natural density of 2.72 g/cm 3 to 2.75 g/cm 3 , dry density of 2.71 g/cm to 2.74 g/cm 3 , a saturated water absorption rate of 0.21 to 0.34, saturated compressive strength of 54 MPa to 86 MPa, a softening coefficient of 0.6 to 0.78, and a freeze-thaw loss rate of 0.01 to 0.05; after the gneiss is crushed and sieved, the obtained coarse aggregate has apparent density of 2.69 g/cm 3 to 2.72 g/cm 3 , a water absorption rate of 0.82% to 0.89%, dry bulk density of 1.86 g/cm 3 to 1.88 g/cm 3 , close bulk density of 2.10 g/cm 3 to 2.11 g/cm 3 , and a particle size modulus of 7.54 to 8.14; and the fine aggregate has bulk density of 1.57 g/cm 3 to 1.61 g/cm 3 , apparent density of 2.75 g/cm 3 to 2.76 g/cm 3 , and a fineness modulus of 2.35 to 3.45.

3 . The basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 1 , wherein the water reducing agent is a polycarboxylate high-performance water reducing agent, and has density of 1029 kg/m 3 and a water reducing rate of 28%, and a mixing amount of the water reducing agent is 1% of cement mass.

4 . The basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 1 , wherein the cement is ordinary Portland cement with a strength grade of P.O32.5.

5 . The basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 1 , wherein the chopped basalt fibers have a length of 12 mm, and are manufactured from chemical ingredients according to an ingredient proportion as follows:
45% to 60% of SiO 2 ; 12% to 19% of Al 2 O 3 ; 4% to 6% of CaO; 3% to 4% of MgO; 2.5% to 4% of Na 2 O+K 2 O; 0.9% to 2% of TiO 2 ; and 7% to 15% of FeO+Fe 2 O 3 .

6 . The basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 5 , wherein the chopped basalt fibers have material parameters as follows:
a diameter is 0.013 mm, tensile strength is 3300 MPa to 4500 MPa, an elastic modulus is 95 GPa to 115 GPa, a capacity is 2650 kg/m 3 , a fracture elongation is 3.2%, a shape is flat and straight shape, a service temperature is −269° C. to 700° C., a thermal conductivity coefficient is 0.031 w/m·k to 0.038 w/m·k, a specific volume resistance is 1×10 12 ohm·M, and a sound absorption coefficient is 0.9 to 0.99.

7 . A method for manufacturing basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate, comprising:
placing 150 parts of coarse aggregate and fine aggregate into a mixer with a mixing drum having a wet inner surface, adding chopped basalt fibers with a preset volume fraction in a continuous mixing process, and continuously mixing for two first preset time intervals after addition is completed; turning off the mixer, slowly placing 100 parts of cement into the mixing drum, and starting the mixer to mix for one first preset time interval; slowly and evenly placing 40 parts of water and 1 part of a water reducing agent into the mixing drum, continuing to mix for two first preset time intervals, and then taking out a mixture; placing the mixture into a mold, and vibrating the mold on a vibration table for 1 to 2 first preset time intervals, so as to guarantee that a test piece is vibrated compactly; and performing demolding after sealing and curing with a plastic film for a second preset time interval, and placing the test piece into a standard curing room for curing.

8 . The method for manufacturing basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 7 , wherein in a case that the chopped basalt fibers are agglomerated when mixed after added, the mixer is halted, and agglomerated fibers are scattered and then continue being mixed.

9 . The method for manufacturing basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 7 , a curing temperature in the standard curing room is 20±2° C., and relative humidity is 95%.

10 . The method manufacturing for basalt fiber reinforced concrete using an excavated material as aggregate according to claim 7 , wherein the first preset time interval is one minute, and the second preset time interval is one day.

Assignees

• Xian Thermal Power Res Inst Co
• Tianjin Huaneng Yangliuqing Co Generation Llc
• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Sun Yezhu
• Lin Peng
• Huang Bin
• Liang Changqian
• Li Dan
• Zhang Lin
• Deng Zhiyun
• Ma Xiang
• Zhou Hao
• Fang Fan
• Du Libing
• Liu Xiao

Classifications

• B28C5/402

  Methods · CPC title

• B28B1/0873

  the mould being placed on vibrating or jolting supports, e.g. moulding tables · CPC title

• B28B1/52

  specially adapted for producing articles from mixtures containing fibres, {e.g. asbestos cement}(by wrapping on to mandrels B28B1/42) · CPC title

• B28B11/245

  Curing concrete articles (B28B11/242 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C04B28/04 Primary

  Portland cements · CPC title