Acta Polytechnica doi:10.14311/AP.2018.58.0232 Acta Polytechnica 58(4):232–239, 2018 © Czech Technical University in Prague, 2018 available online at http://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRE-REINFORCED CONCRETE UNDER HIGH-VELOCITY PROJECTILE IMPACT. PART I. EXPERIMENTS Sebastjan Kravanjaa, Radoslav Sovjákb, ∗ a Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Jamova cesta 2, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia b Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6, Czech Republic ∗ corresponding author: sovjak@fsv.cvut.cz Abstract. A series of cratering experiments were performed where the response of the Ultra-High- Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concretes with various fibre volume fractions to the high- velocity projectile impact loading was investigated. It was found that the increment of the fibre volumetric fraction did not have a significant influence on the depth of the penetration, but it was very effective in reducing the crater area and volume. Keywords: projectile impact; UHPFRC; depth of penetration; mechanical properties; shear crack resistance. 1. Introduction As the occurrence of unexpected events is ever in- creasing in today’s society, a primary loading type that needs to be addressed is the localized impact of projectiles. In a broad sense, the projectile impact might be understood as a fragment generated from a high-speed rotating machine, explosion generated fragment, and last but not least a projectile generated from a direct armed attack. The projectile impact can be considered as a high strain-rate loading caused by an object travelling with high speed and having a relatively low weight. This kind of loading is charac- terized by its rapid increase in the release of energy in a very short time. Several damage mechanisms are activated at once during the projectile penetration, such as compaction, compression with confining pres- sure and tension cracking. The complexity is further increased since the strain rate effect is different for each mechanism [1]. To simulate the effects of possi- ble damage by the projectile impact, a series of small firearms tests with live ammunition was carried out. Several authors suggested that structures are re- quired to withstand impact loads generated by projec- tiles and in case of the plant-internal accidents [2, 3]. A typical case of this phenomenon is a fracture of the rotary machine, which could occur in turbine missiles, which are projectiles travelling at high velocities [4]. Perforating the wall of the turbine may result in a severe damage to the facilities and endangering the safety of the personnel [5]. Concrete is commonly used as an engineering solu- tion due to its ability to withstand impact and point loads. A further potential expansion in the use of concrete has been indicated by the development of Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC). For instance, Riedel et al. [6] implied that the UHPFRC is potentially suitable for improved protective structural elements. Consistently, other researchers also noted that the UHPFRC is a feasible solution for protective structures due to its enhanced mechanical properties and impact resistance [7, 8]. Impact resistance of the UHPFRC was evaluated through a three main damage degrees, such as depth of the penetration and area and volume of the im- pact crater. Beside the measurements of the impact resistance, several mechanical properties of the UH- PFRC were determined for the means of the study of correlation to damage degrees. In addition to experimental results, a shear crack analysis on cut through samples through the point of the deepest penetration was performed. The goal was to characterize the shear crack impact resistance of the UHPFRC for various fibre volume fractions. 2. Material and methods 2.1. UHPFRC The concrete base mixture was made using a low water-to-binder ratio and contained common high- performance concrete ingredients, such as ordinary Portland cement binder, silica fume, superfine ag- gregates with a maximal size of a grain of 1.2 mm, superplasticizer (high-range water reducer) in powder form, water and anti-foaming agent [9]. For the fi- bre reinforcement of the specimens, straight, discrete, high-strength steel fibres were used with a length and diameter of 14 mm and 0.13 mm, respectively. The material of the fibres had the density of 7850 kg/m3, the tensile strength of 2800 MPa and elastic modulus of 200 GPa. 232 http://dx.doi.org/10.14311/AP.2018.58.0232 http://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap vol. 58 no. 4/2018 Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete. Part I. Figure 1. Experimental set-up for determination of tensile mechanical properties of UHPFRC. a) Prism used for 4-point flexural strength test (i.e. modulus of rupture). b) Dog-bone shaped specimen used for the direct tensile strength test with clothoid transitions. Five different fibre volumetric fractions were set with gradually enlarging increments by the doubling geometric sequence in the form of Vf,i = 0.125(2i−1) for 1 ≤ i ≤ 5 which yielded: Vf,1 = 0.125 %, Vf,2 = 0.25 %, Vf,3 = 0.5 %, Vf,4 = 1 % and Vf,5 = 2 %. In addition, the plain mixture specimens without fibre addition were also cast as a control and comparison samples labelled for the case where i = 0 as Vf,0 = 0 %. The plain mixture specimen is also referred in the text as an ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC). 2.2. Mechanical properties Mechanical properties including unconfined compres- sive strength, flexural tensile strength (modulus of rupture) and direct tensile strength were investigated in the framework of the experimental part of the study. At least six specimens were tested for every mechani- cal property in the framework of the individual fibre volumetric content considered in this study. Compressive strength was determined on cubes (100 × 100 × 100 mm) by monotonic increments of the load by 0.6 MPa/s. A modulus of rupture was determined on prisms in a four-point bending config- uration without a notch (Fig. 1a). The prisms were 100 × 100 × 550 mm in size and the clear span was 450 mm. The constant moment region regarding the four-point bending configuration was 150 mm. The test was a deformation controlled and the loading rate was 0.05 mm/min. A pair of the LVDT (linear variable differential transformer) sensors was attached to the beam in the mid-span. Flexural toughness factor (FTδ) was determined according to a method for testing flexural strength and flexural toughness of a fibre reinforced con- crete [10, 11]. Flexural toughness factor was calculated through an area of the load-displacement diagram of the prism constructed of the UHPFRC up to a load point deflection of span/150 [12]. Direct tensile strength was determined by using a dog-bone shaped specimen with a central part 200 mm in length and a reduced cross-section of 50 × 100 mm. The total length of the dog-bone specimen was 750 mm and narrowing of its cross-section was done by means of clothoids 100 mm in length and 25 mm in height (Fig. 1b). The loading was deformation controlled with the loading rate set to 0.05 mm/min. Furthermore, two additional mechanical properties were calculated. Wille et al. [13] introduced the vari- able g that is defined as the energy absorbing capacity prior to a tension softening and variable G that is defined as the fracture energy dissipated per crack surface. Energy absorbing capacity (g) and fracture energy (G) under direct tension were gained from the stress-strain diagram and load-total crack width diagram, respectively. The strain of the specimen under a direct tension was measured by using a pair of strain gauges 50 mm in length that was glued on the sides of the dog-bone specimen in its reduced cross-section. After the crack localization, the total crack width was measured using 4 inductive sensors that were placed over the reduced cross-section of the dog-bone specimen. The mechanical properties of the resulting mixture are listed in Table 1. 2.3. Impact Testing In total, 38 specimens, which all had the same designed dimensions of a cube (200 × 200 × 200 mm), were cast and tested. Six specimens for each fibre volumetric content and plain concrete mixture were made; except for the 2 % fibre content specimens, for which eight specimens were made, considering that was established as the optimal amount of fibres regarding the previous research [14, 15]. The impact test was conducted using a semi- automatic rifle with calibre 7.62×39 mm and two types of ogive-nosed projectiles (Fig. 2). The deformable projectiles had a full-metal jacket and a soft-lead core (FMJ-SLC or SLC), while the non-deformable projec- tiles had a mild- steel core with a smaller lead tip (FMJ-MSC or MSC). Both types of projectiles had a mass of 8.04 g and the outer diameter of 7.92 mm. The diameter of the core of the MSC projectile and SLC projectile was 5.68 mm and 6.32 mm, respectively. In the research by Sovják et al. [14] with the same type of projectiles impacting UHPFRC plates with 50 mm and 45 mm thicknesses, it was found out that 233 Sebastjan Kravanja, Radoslav Sovják Acta Polytechnica Fibre volume fraction (%) plain mixture 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 Cube compressive strength (MPa) 111 118 131 133 134 144 Modulus of rupture (MPa) 6.30 7.07 7.76 10.3 20.3 26.1 Flexural toughness factor (MPa) 0.07 2.66 5.37 8.88 17.5 20.7 Direct tensile strength (MPa) 3.54 3.58 3.60 3.83 5.05 6.52 Energy abs. capacity (kJ/m3) 0.170 0.171 0.215 0.229 0.303 1.270 Fracture energy (kJ/m2) 0.10 5.42 6.08 10.3 12.7 17.7 Bulk density (kg/m3) 2346 2355 2358 2365 2381 2421 Table 1. Mechanical properties of the resulting UHPFRC mixture with various fibre volume fractions. Figure 2. Projectiles used in the framework of this study and their dimensions in millimetres: a) full-metal jacket with the mild-steel core (FMJ-MSC), b) full-metal jacket with the soft-lead core (FMJ-SLC). Figure 3. Experimental set-up of cratering experiments induced by two various projectiles on UHPFRC semi-infinite targets. the steel jacket was separated during the penetration process and rebounded from the target. From the experimental observations, it was concluded that the diameter, which controls the penetration process, is the diameter of the core of the projectile (dc). In addi- tion, no pith or yaw angles were noted from the records from the high-speed camera and it was concluded that a normal penetration occurred at all times. The influence of the shape of the projectile head can be considered with the nose shape factor. The latter can be determined by the use of the ratio between the length of the projectile head and projectile diameter or with the use of Calibre Radius Head (CRH). CRH is a factor of projectile head sharpness and it is defined as a ratio between the projectile head radius of curvature R and projectile diameter d [16]: CRH = R d Higher values of the CRH are implying sharper projectile’s head and larger pressure at the target which result in a deeper total penetration depth. The calibre radius head of both types of projectiles was calculated based on the whole projectile diameter d and core diameter dc (Table 2). FMJ-MSC FMJ-SLC External diameter (mm) 7.92 7.92 Core diameter (mm) 5.68 6.32 Total length (mm) 26.60 23.20 Jacket mass (g) 4.15 2.78 Core mass (g) 3.65 5.26 Tip mass (g) 0.24 – Total mass (g) 8.04 8.04 Head radius of curvature R 28 31 CRH(d) 3.54 3.91 CRH(dc) 4.93 4.91 Table 2. Non-deformable and deformable projectile geometrical and mass properties. The average muzzle velocity for MSC and SLC projectiles was 710 m/s, while all the velocities were within the range of 710 ± 20 m/s. The projectiles were fired from 20 m distance to the targets and hit them perpendicularly in the approximate centre of the proximal face under normal penetration (Fig. 3). The objective of the experimental part of this study was to investigate whether the increment in the fibre 234 vol. 58 no. 4/2018 Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete. Part I. Equivalent Cone failure Vf (%) DOP (mm) Area (cm2) Volume (cm3) diameter (mm) angle (°) 0 36.41 84.70 – 101.7 26.83 0.125 35.78 50.58 30.33 84.38 33.42 0.25 35.72 37.53 23.17 72.17 39.75 0.5 35.13 21.97 14.50 64.18 47.08 1 33.37 24.48 15.67 63.10 46.17 2 31.43 18.99 11.50 54.83 51.81 Table 3. Average values for all measured or calculated damage degrees for FMJ-MSC projectile impact. Equivalent Cone failure Vf (%) DOP (mm) Area (cm2) Volume (cm3) diameter (mm) angle (°) 0 20.59 114.4 96.33 114.8 22.33 0.125 19.61 40.87 25.33 74.63 35.42 0.25 18.80 39.71 24.00 74.08 40.75 0.5 20.46 30.12 20.00 68.55 47.58 1 20.09 33.20 20.67 73.49 41.83 2 20.04 21.12 13.88 57.22 46.31 Table 4. Average values for all measured or calculated damage degrees for FMJ-SLC projectile impact. volumetric fraction within the concrete largely affects the damage intensity by measuring the dimensions of the crater made by the aforementioned impact. After the impact test, three main damage degrees were accu- rately measured, such as depth of penetration, crater area and crater volume, in order to quantitatively evaluate the difference in the damage resistance by enlarging the fibre volume fraction increment. The impact velocity was determined from the mea- sured muzzle velocity by using a shooting chronograph. The 7.62 × 39 AK-47 (Kalashnikov) projectile with a mass of 8.04 grams is defined by Kneubuehl [17] to have the muzzle velocity 710 m/s and within 20 meters the velocity of the projectile is supposed to decrease to 688 m/s. Thus, all muzzle velocities measured in the framework of this study were reduced by 22 m/s, which yielded the actual impact velocity. 2.4. Shear crack analysis The analysis of shear cracks, produced by the pro- jectile impact of both types was conducted on slices with a width of 10 mm, which were cut longitudinally through the target at the point of the maximum pen- etration depth. Cracks appeared in all of the samples; however, the intensity of the cracking was obviously decreasing with an increment of the fibre volumetric fraction. The intention was to quantitatively assess the crack impact resistance with respect to the fibre volumetric content increment. Shear crack angles and dimensions of cracks were measured using a ruler, microscope and CAD software. The crack impact re- sistance was evaluated through newly proposed factors of the impact resistance of brittle concrete compos- ites reinforced with various fibres. Total shear crack lengths lc and total depth of shear cracks zc in each specimen were measured and the number of major cracks nc in each specimen was recorded. Shear cracks widths were measured using a microscope (scale of 10 µm). The resistance against a shear crack propagation under the projectile impact was quantitatively evalu- ated through the use of the ultimate crack resistance factor Ru, recommended by Kankam [18] and revised by Alhasanat and Al Qadi [19]: Ru = niEk lczcwc , where ni is a number of blows, Ek impact (impulse) kinetic energy, lc total length of all cracks, zc max- imum depth of the cracks and wc maximum crack width, emerged due to the projectile impact. Additionally, with the means of an efficient compar- ison with other composites or materials with different compressive strengths, the non-dimensional impact crack resistance ratio Cr was defined as a ratio between the ultimate crack resistance factor and unconfined compressive strength of the tested material: Cr = Ru f′c . 3. Results for the cratering experiments Numerical values of the experimental research are sum- marized in the (Tables 3 and 4). In all of the cases, the DOP was less than 38 mm, which is less than 1/5 of the target thickness, reaffirming the supposition of the semi-infinite target. In the cases of MSC projectiles that impacted on the plain mixture specimens, an 235 Sebastjan Kravanja, Radoslav Sovják Acta Polytechnica Figure 4. FMJ-MSC projectile core (5.68 mm in diameter) penetrated into the sample 2.0 % FMJ-MSC (the core was found rebounded from the target and inserted back in for presentation purposes). intense shattering and fragmentation occurred in all three targets, whereas in the case of the SLC projec- tiles the less intense shattering occurred in two targets, while the third one remained in one piece. In all other specimens impacted by MSC projectiles, two parts of the impact crater appeared – the front crater (the spalling part) and the tunnelling part (Fig. 4). The tunnelling part of the crater slightly deviated from the straight trajectory, i.e. the so-called J-hook appeared during a cylindrical penetration. The MSC cores re- bounded from the target and the non-deformed core was separated from the steel jacket during the pen- etration process. In the case of the SLC projectiles impact, only the spalling part emerged, while the soft lead core was completely destroyed during the impact. The J-hook trajectory that was observed in the spec- imens under the MSC impact appeared as a change of the course during the penetration process due to the separation of the steel jacket and also by the anisotropic fracture process in concrete [1]. Other authors suggested that the projectile trajectory may deviate from a straight line during penetration due to the occurrence of instabilities or due to variable mechanical properties of the target [14, 16]. 3.1. Correlation of damage degrees to mechanical properties In recent years, doubts about the suitability of the use of concrete unconfined compressive strength as a parameter of a mechanical property of the target in prediction models have appeared. It is known that a vast majority of empirical and semi-analytical prediction models are derived on the basis of the general assumption that the depth of the penetration or volume of the crater is inversely proportional to the square root of the unconfined compressive strength of the tested concrete. The concrete’s unconfined compressive strength is worldwide used as the main classification parameter of concretes. As such, it is also set as an essential independent controlling variable in a vast majority of the impact prediction models. It is also known that the concrete compressive strength depends on specimen’s geometry, cure time and above all, mix composition, whereas the latter differs substantially between normal strength concretes and high perfor- mance concretes. Yankelevsky [20] is implying that since the increase in strength due to the variation of the concrete mix leads to a decreased porosity that affects the material compressibility and impact resistance, any smooth continuous function relating concrete compressive strength to impact damage pa- rameters is an improper description of the concrete response to impact loading. The basic correlation between the depth of the pen- etration or crater volume and inverse value of square root of unconfined compressive strength, on which the majority of models are derived, suggests that every concrete with the same unconfined strength exhibits an identical resistance to the impact penetration. It is known that the response of a concrete material to impact loading is conditioned on other concrete parameters as well, such as type, shape and size of aggregate, granulometric composition, additives, fi- bres type and volumetric content and so on, which can in different combinations result in a similar un- confined compressive strength but different impact resistance [20]. Yankelevsky is suggesting that this relationship sup- position lacks physical meaning and seems to be arbi- trarily predetermined. In order to test this hypothesis and furthermore assess the recent findings, a statisti- cal evaluation of the correlation between three main damage degrees and tested mechanical properties has been conducted. Correlation coefficients between each of these quantities have been calculated and compared between values for each projectile type separately (Ta- ble 5). It was already shown that in general, damage degrees’ values are decreasing whereas mechanical strengths are increasing with an increment of the fi- bre volumetric fraction. It can be seen that in the case of the MSC projectile impact, the correlation coefficients are much larger than in the case of SLC projectile impact, especially in the case of the DOP. It can be also seen that the DOP in the MSC case is more correlated to tensile and flexural strength than unconfined compressive strength, whereas it is also strongly correlated to fracture energy, which is based on the direct tensile test. However, the crater area and crater volume are more correlated to the unconfined compressive strength in both projectile cases. 236 vol. 58 no. 4/2018 Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete. Part I. FMJ-MSC FMJ-SLC DOP Area Volume DOP Area Volume f′c 0.84 0.93 0.93 0.15 0.83 0.80√ f′c 0.83 0.94 0.93 0.16 0.84 0.80 ft 0.99 0.59 0.72 0.16 0.49 0.44√ ft 0.99 0.61 0.73 0.17 0.50 0.45 FTδ 0.97 0.81 0.85 0.10 0.68 0.63 MOR 0.99 0.67 0.77 0.17 0.55 0.50 g 0.89 0.48 0.62 0.08 0.42 0.36 G 0.94 0.90 0.88 0.04 0.81 0.77 Table 5. Correlation coefficients for the dependency of damage degrees to mechanical properties of the tested UHPFRC. FMJ-MSC FMJ-SLC Vf zc lc nc zc lc nc (%) (mm) (mm) (–) (mm) (mm) (–) 0 141 – – 113 353 5 0.125 90 430 6 97 232 6 0.25 72 370 6 60 175 5 0.5 79 269 6 66 135 4 1 68 110 4 40 84 3 2 52 88 3 20 58 3 Table 6. Crack dimensions. This is, however, in conflict with previous stud- ies [21] showing that the tensile strength, strain soft- ening, fracture energy, and strain-rate effect on the tensile strength in the prediction model are crucial for the dimensions of the crater area and volume. The reason for this may be attributed to the shallow pene- tration in these experiments where the depth of the penetration was no more than two times of the pro- jectiles’ length. As the tensile strength is crucial for the crater depth, the DOP is sensitive to the tensile strength in the shallow penetration where the crater depth is more than half of the DOP. Furthermore, it should be noted that the compres- sive strength, tensile strength and flexural strength do not affect only the DOP. During the penetration process, the concrete material surrounding the projec- tile is subjected to a high-intensity triaxial stress state that can be described by the shear failure surface of concrete that must be determined by a large amount data of triaxial stress state, while the unconfined com- pressive or tensile strength is only a uniaxial stress state [21]. In addition, the volume change of concrete occurs during the penetration, thus the equation of state that is used to describe the relationship between pressure and volumetric strain plays an important role. 3.2. Shear crack resistance For the FMJ-MSC projectile impact, the average shear crack width value was 0.16 mm, while for the FMJ- FMJ-MSC FMJ-SLC Vf Ek Ru Cr Ek Ru Cr (%) (J) (N/mm2) (–) (J) (N/mm2) (–) 0 1813.6 – – 1966.0 49.3 0.4 0.125 1915.8 123.8 1.1 1838.9 204.3 1.7 0.25 1913.9 179.6 1.4 1878.9 447.4 3.4 0.5 1873.5 220.4 1.7 1868.0 524.1 3.9 1 1878.9 628.0 4.7 1893.6 1409.0 10.5 2 1905.6 1041.1 7.2 1880.8 4053.4 28.2 Table 7. Impact kinetic energy Ek, ultimate crack re- sistance factor Ru, impact crack resistance ratio Cr. SLC, it was 0.12 mm. In order to estimate the ultimate impact crack resistance factor, the maximal width was estimated for both type of projectiles for the UHPFRC as wc,max,UHPFRC = 0.4 mm. In the case of the FMJ-SLC projectile impact on plain UHPC specimens, where the target was not defragmented, the maximal width was estimated as wc,max,UHPC = 1.0 mm, in the case of the FMJ-MSC projectile impact on plain UHPC specimens, all the targets were defragmented and no additional cracks appeared in the remaining segment of the target (Table 6). With the measured data and calculated impact kinetic energies Ek from estimated impact velocities, the ultimate impact crack resistance factor Ru and crack resistance ratio Cr were calculated (Table 7). It can be observed that with the increment of the fibre volumetric fraction, the ultimate crack resistance factor of the UHPFRC is increasing with a constant trend (Fig. 5). The crack resistance increases with larger increments in the case of the SLC projectiles impact, since a lot of the impact energy is already dissipated with the significant deformation of the de- formable lead core. It can be concluded, that the fibre volumetric frac- tion increment up to 2 % is efficient in providing the impact crack resistance to the otherwise brittle high- performance concrete matrix. This property is es- sential in providing further impact resistance against additional projectile impacts. 237 Sebastjan Kravanja, Radoslav Sovják Acta Polytechnica Figure 5. Ultimate crack resistance factor vs. fibre volumetric fraction for both types of projectiles. 4. Conclusions In the experimental research, cube specimens made of the UHPFRC were subjected to a non- deformable and deformable projectile impact. Cubes were differ- entiated on the basis of the fibre volumetric content and effect of projectile impact was investigated in terms of the cratering damage. The aim of the exper- imental part was to describe the shape of the crater that was produced on the UHPFRC targets as a re- sult of the deformable and non-deformable projectile impact. Based on the experimental results and sta- tistical correlation analysis, the following conclusions can be drawn: (1.) An increase in the fibre volume fraction leads to an increase in mechanical properties. Compressive mechanical properties are far less affected by the fibre volumetric content than tensile and flexural mechanical properties. (2.) An increase in fibre volume fraction also provides an efficient solution for decreasing the intensity of shear crack propagation due to the deformable and non-deformable projectile impact. (3.) Statistical evaluation of the correlation between mechanical properties and main damage degrees emerged due to the rigid projectile impact showed that the depth of the penetration is more correlated to tensile and flexural strength than to unconfined compressive strength. However, the crater area and volume seem to be in a better correlation with the latter than with the former two. (4.) 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Acta Polytechnica 58(4):232–239, 2018 1 Introduction 2 Material and methods 2.1 UHPFRC 2.2 Mechanical properties 2.3 Impact Testing 2.4 Shear crack analysis 3 Results for the cratering experiments 3.1 Correlation of damage degrees to mechanical properties 3.2 Shear crack resistance 4 Conclusions Acknowledgements References