Reinforcement of cement with carbon

nanofiberwhichis reinforced by aluminum alloy

nanocomposites by a liquid process to control
surface cracks

GolakBihariMahanta, Nayanjyoti Das, RaviRanjan Kumar, Vivek Mishra
Department of Mechanical Engineering ,National Institute of Technology , Slichar


Abstract
As we are aware of the fact that cement is a brittle material it cannot bear tensile load but bear a
very high amount of compressive load that is the reason the steel bar inserted in it to bear the
tensile load caused by the moment and the other force. The steel bar inserted in the cement bear
the moment caused and the reinforcement of both is highly applied in the construction. But again
there is some problem that has to be rectifythat is the cracks developed both internal and external
in the surfaces. By taking this into consideration our main focus was to eliminate this problem.

1. Introduction
A successful attempt was made in a journal
of alloys and compounds2012 name
Fabrication of carbon nanofiber reinforced
aluminum alloy nanocompositesby a liquid
process in which a team attempt to
strengthen the nano fiber by aluminum, they
choose the Al due to the fact that it is the
light material with high strength to weight
ratio. The wettability of the al is very low
with carbon so the team focus on Ni, and Cu
have been used as surface coatings for
carbonfibers in metal matrix composites.
They are chemically stable withcarbon, and
could reduce the formation of undesirable
Al4C3 compound at carbon/matrix.

The nanoscale size of particles can result in
dramatically improved properties from
conventional grain-size materials of the
same chemical composition. By taking this
into consideration first the carbon fiber is
first coated with copper (Cu) and then by al
because the wettability of cu and al is far
better then carbon al coating.figure 1 shows
the cnt after the process.
As a general result it can be concluded that
using nano-particles incorporating
polypropylene fibersenhances frost
resistance and compressive strength of
concrete pavement because of that the
permeabilityand porosity of concrete are
reduced due to the use of nano-particles and
also the tensile strength ofconcrete is
enhanced due to the use of polypropylene
fibers.

Figure 1 :Cnf after fabrication



The above figure shows the final cnf after
fabrication process.

To improve the dispersion of CNFs in the Al
matrix, the CNFswere vibration-milled, and
Fig. 2(a) and (b) shows the SEM imagesof
the CNFs before and after vibration milling,
respectively. Asshown in Fig. 2(a), the
CNFs were originally thicker (diameter=
120150 nm) and straighter than carbon
nanotubes (CNTs,diameter = 1020 nm),
from which it is anticipated that the
dispersionof the CNFs is superior to that of
the CNTs

Figure2 :Reference 1

For more information about the fabrication
of nano fiber reinforced with al refer
Journal of Alloys and Compoundson
paper Fabrication of carbon nanofiber
reinforced aluminum alloy
nanocomposites by a liquid process.

In another general substitution 3% of cement
by nano-alumina particles can improve
compressive strength and frost durability of
concrete as much as 8% and 81%
respectively is shown by NiloofarSalemi
,KiachehrBehfarnia in Jouralconstruction
and Building Materialsin a paper name
Effect of nano-particles on durability of
fiber-reinforced concrete pavement.

2. Experimental result
The freeze and thaw durability of concrete
with synthetic fibers was investigated by
Richardson et al. They used synthetic fibers
in the amounts of 0.9 and 1.8 kg/m3. In their
research concrete containing 0.9 kg/m3
showed a superior performance using
compressive strength and modulus.

The figure 3 shows that the cement with the
mixture of nano fiber increase the strengh of
the concrete very high this is very essential
for controling the cracks

Figure 3: Reference 2

Conclusion
The mixtureof the nano fiber with
concrete result in the high bondage
between the concrete molecules and due
to the chemical stability of the the
cement with the nano fiber give rise to
the high strength at the surface. As
discussed earlier the the Al react
internally with cement give rise to the
formation ofa gel which fill the internal
air voids in the mixture and also increase
the internal strengthen freezing and
thawing harsh condition too and
eliminate the crack upto a greater extend
as shown below


Acknowledgments
Department of Mechanical Engineering
,National Institute of Technology ,Slichar




References
1. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 542
(2012) 111117
2. Construction and Building Materials 48
(2013) 934941
3. Construction and Building Materials 43
(2013) 233241