In order to reinforce the strength of concrete, a new mixing principle by double-blade mixer is proposed and investigated. A double-blade mixer, based on an ordinary biaxial mixer, is designed and fabricated, and its mixing performances are investigated. Compared with the motion of the ordinary biaxial mixer, the double-blade mixer strengthens the radial motion of the mixture, which achieves synthesis of the circumferential forces, the axial forces and the radial forces. Compared with an ordinary biaxial mixer, in the same mixing time the strength of concrete obtained by double-blade mixer is increased by 16%. Also for the same strength of concrete using a double-blade mixer shortens the mixing time by 50% compared with that of an ordinary biaxial mixer. Moreover, when the amount of cement is reduced by 20%, the strength of concrete is increased by 17%. The experimental results prove that the double-blade mixer has obvious advantages for enhancing the strength of concrete, saving mixing time and achieving uniform mixing rapidly. Therefore, a double-blade mixer can reinforce the strength of concrete, and could be widely used in construction projects.
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July 2013
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July 01 2013
Strength of concrete reinforced using double-blade mixer
Yunshi Yao;
Yunshi Yao
Associate Professor, Key Laboratory for Highway Construction Technology and Equipment of Ministry of Education, Chang'an University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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Zhongxu Feng;
Zhongxu Feng
Professor, Key Laboratory for Highway Construction Technology and Equipment of Ministry of Education, Chang'an University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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Shibin Chen
Shibin Chen
Lecturer, Key Laboratory for Highway Construction Technology and Equipment of Ministry of Education, Chang'an University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Revision Received:
November 27 2012
Revision Requested:
February 18 2013
Accepted:
February 20 2013
Online ISSN: 1751-763X
Print ISSN: 0024-9831
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2013
Magazine of Concrete Research (2013) 65 (13): 787–792.
Article history
Revision Received:
November 27 2012
Revision Requested:
February 18 2013
Accepted:
February 20 2013
Citation
Yao Y, Feng Z, Chen S (2013), "Strength of concrete reinforced using double-blade mixer". Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol. 65 No. 13 pp. 787–792, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/macr.12.00221
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