The porosity and engineering properties of vesicular basalt …

The presence of non-connected vesicles in extensive basalt flows in western Saudi Arabia greatly affects their engineering properties such as compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, Poisson's ratio and sonic velocities. In order to evaluate some of these properties, the density and/or the porosity of the material must be known.

Experimental study on mechanical properties of basalt fiber …

Fiber reinforcement technology can significantly improve the mechanical properties of soil and has been increasingly applied in geotechnical engineering. Basalt fiber is a new kind of environment-friendly and high-performance soil reinforcement material, and the mechanical properties of basalt fiber-reinforced soil have become a …

Estimation of compressive strength of various stones based …

This work examines the compressive strength of natural stones, as estimated by Uniaxial compressive strength tests (UCS) and respective non-destructive tests results (Schmidt Hammer Rebound test, SHR, or an Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity transmission, UPV). In practice, aiming to correlate the values of the UCS test with the results of the NDT …

Mechanical properties and microstructure of basalt fibre and …

The relative residual splitting tensile strength increases as the basalt fibre content increases. Nano-silica is generally beneficial to the improvement of the compressive strength at different temperatures. ... The compressive strength decreases significantly in the range of 400–600 °C, and the decrease range is mostly between 40% …

Basalt Rock Properties and Uses

This property is usually measured to find out the compressive fracture strength, to denote whether a rock is softrock or hardrock. The rock hardness of basalt is 6 on the Mohs scale, and can be seen through a combination of its compressive strength: 100-300 Mpa (Megapascal), its tensile strength: 10-30 Mpa, and its shear strength: 20-60 Mpa ...

Properties of Basalt | Physical | Thermal

The hardness of Basalt is 6 whereas its compressive strength is 37.40 N/mm 2. Streak is the color of rock when it is crushed or powdered. The streak of Basalt is white to grey whereas its fracture is conchoidal. Luster of Basalt is the interaction of light with the surface of Basalt. Luster of Basalt is not available. Basalt cleavage is not ...

Bonded particle modeling of grain size effect on tensile and

1. Introduction. Compressive and tensile strengths are fundamental physical properties which are required for the design of rock structures. Numerous studies have found that several variables, including mineral composition, porosity, density, specimen size, grain (particle) size, and natural discontinuities, influence the mechanical …

[PDF] Numerical Study for Compressive Strength of Basalt …

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Mechanical performances and micro-level properties of basalt …

Xu et al. [22] initially used basalt fiber to develop ECC and investigated the mechanical performance of Basalt-ECC at ambient temperature, 0.85% tensile strain capacity and 23.3 MPa compressive strength were obtained as volume fraction of basalt fiber increased up to 3%. These results indicate that fully replacing PVA fiber induces …

Experimental Investigations on Basalt Fibre-Reinforced …

Compressive Strength. Compressive strength tests were carried out as per IS: 516 on concrete cubes in Universal Testing Machine (UTM) of capacity of 1000 kN under 0.5 mm/min loading rate. The average compressive strength of the control specimens and basalt fibre-reinforced concrete is shown in Fig. 8. An increase in …

Dynamic Split Tensile Strength of Basalt, Granite, Marble …

The aim of this study is to understand the strength behaviour and fragment size of rocks during indirect, quasi-static and dynamic tensile tests. Four rocks with different lithological characteristics, namely: basalt, granite, sandstone, and marble were selected for this study. Brazilian disc experiments were performed over a range of strain rates …

Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Concrete …

In this study, the dynamic compressive and splitting tensile properties of this new basalt-macro PP hybrid FRC with varying fiber volume dosages were investigated by using split the Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB).

A review of test methods for uniaxial compressive strength …

The uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of rocks is a vital geomechanical parameter widely used for rock mass classification, stability analysis, and engineering design in rock engineering. Various UCS testing methods and apparatuses have been proposed over the past few decades. The objective of the present study is to summarize …

Structural Behavior of Ultra-High Strength Concrete …

The axial compressive behavior of Ultra-High Strength Concrete (UHPC) columns reinforced with basalt bars was investigated in this work. Only a few research projects have used basalt Reinforced Concrete Columns. Under axial stress, 12 columns of 150 × 150 mm in cross section and 1200 mm in height manufactured of M120 grade …

Geotechnical Evaluation of Basalt Rocks: A Review in the …

compressive strength of rocks is mostly higher than 34.08 MPa (348 kg/cm²), except for fault breccia (34 kg/cm²), and ultras onic velocity varies fro m

Engineering, Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Basalt …

It also exhibits the highest increment of compressive strength of 4.48% and a dynamic MOE of 13.83%. New insights reveal that although the residual flexural …

Compressive strength prediction of basalt fiber reinforced …

In this paper, the strength prediction model of basalt fiber concrete is constructed by random forest method based on experiments to study the strengthening …

(PDF) Assessing the uniaxial compressive strength and

Basalt was used as an ornamental stone in many historic and ancient cities in Jordan. Measuring the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) and the tangent Young's modulus (E t) in the laboratory ...

Modeling strength characteristics of basalt fiber reinforced …

This study investigated the importance of applying explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) on different machine learning (ML) models developed to predict the strength characteristics of basalt ...

Compressive Strength Prediction of Basalt Fiber Reinforced …

Compressive strength prediction of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Concrete (BFRC), an advanced building material that combines performance and sustainability, is a complex task influenced by many factors. In this study, the compressive strength of BFRC is predicted using four tuned machine learning models, namely, Support Vector Machine …

STUDY OF MAKING POLYESTER RESIN MATRIX …

highest compressive strength value of 28.331 kgf/mm2 was obtained from the various parameters of 270 mesh-20% polyester- 1/20 catalyst and 270 mesh-25% polyester-1/30 catalyst.

Dynamic compressive properties of Kalgoorlie basalt rock

The ultimate compressive strength and corresponding failure strain are quantified. The test results show that Kalgoorlie basalt rock exhibits high sensitivity to …

Rock mass properties

ξ uniaxial compressive strength of the intact rock pieces, ξ value of the Hoek-Brown constant for these intact rock pieces, and ξ value of the Geological Strength Index GSI for the rock mass. ... Fresh basalt, chert, diabase, gneiss, granite, quartzite R5 ; Very: strong: 100 -250 4 -10 Specimen requires many blows of a geological :

Compressive stress–strain relationship and its variability of …

Basalt fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (BFRAC) is a high-performance, environmentally friendly material that combines lightweight, high-strength …

Dynamic compressive properties of Kalgoorlie basalt rock

In this study, the basalt rock extracted from the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia is intensively studied on its compressive properties under both static and dynamic loads covering strain rate between 2.22 × 10-6 /s to 408/s. The ultimate compressive strength and corresponding failure strain are quantified. The test results show that …

Assessment of the optimal level of basalt pozzolana blended …

The compressive strength was calculated by formula as follows: Compressive strength (MPa) = Failure load/cross sectional area. Table 7 represents all the results of compressive strength and are as a function of percentage basalt content and curing time according to tested days of cube specimens and are graphically plotted …

Experimental Study of the Dynamic Compressive and Tensile Strengths …

The dynamic compressive and tensile strengths of basalt fiber reinforced alkali-activated concrete (BFRAAC) material are experimentally investigated in the present study. Tests adopting split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system, INSTRON high strain rate system and modified SHPB system were carried out to determine the compressive …

Experimental study on the effect of basalt fiber reinforced …

When two layers of BF-R-EMS with a diameter of 8–9 mm are added to the concrete and 12 mm basalt fibers with a content of 2% are added to the matrix, the maximum compressive strength was increased by 7.9% compared to the unadulterated basalt fibers, and the maximum compressive strength was increased by 443% …

Fresh, mechanical, and durability properties of basalt fiber …

The compressive strength increased by about 10% at a fibers dose of 2% compared to the control mix. However, the further increase in BF dosage to 2.5% and 3% showed a negative impact on the compressive strength, where the compressive strength dropped by about 12% and 21%, respectively. ... Effect of basalt fibers length …