Abstract
Rubber can improve the ductility and durability of concrete and reduce compressive strength. Tests were conducted to investigate the mechanical properties, wear resistance, and impact resistance of modified rubberized concrete (MRC) by mixing basalt fibers (BF), curing agent, and epoxy resin mixture. The results showed that the epoxy polymer improved the flowability of the rubberized concrete. The BF changed the failure mode of the rubberized concrete and enhanced the mechanical properties. When the curing agent-epoxy resin ratio was 4:8, the wear rate of BF6E8C4 after 120 times was 4.59 kg/m2, which was 70.02% and 3.77% less than that of BF2E8C4 and BF4E8C4. The impact strength of BF6E8C4 was increased by 256% and 409% compared with the BF2E8C4 and BF4E8C4, respectively. By analyzing the mechanism of the synergistic modification of BF and epoxy polymer, it was found that the synergistic work of BF and epoxy polymer could make the internal structure of concrete denser. At last, the wear damage and impact damage models of MRC were established, and the coefficient of determination exceeded 0.92.
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