Basalt Fiber Reinforced Concrete: A Compressive Review on Durability Aspects

Buthainah Nawaf Al-Kharabsheh; Mohamed Moafak Arbili; Ali Majdi; Saleh M Alogla; Ahmad Hakamy; Jawad Ahmad; Ahmed Farouk Deifalla

doi:10.3390/ma16010429

Basalt Fiber Reinforced Concrete: A Compressive Review on Durability Aspects

Materials (Basel). 2023 Jan 2;16(1):429. doi: 10.3390/ma16010429.

Authors

Buthainah Nawaf Al-Kharabsheh¹, Mohamed Moafak Arbili², Ali Majdi³, Saleh M Alogla⁴, Ahmad Hakamy⁵, Jawad Ahmad⁶, Ahmed Farouk Deifalla⁷

Affiliations

¹ Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Albayt University, Mafraq 25113, Jordan.
² Department of Technical Civil Engineering, Erbil Technical Engineering College, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil 44001, Iraq.
³ Department of Building and Construction Techniques, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Hillah 51001, Iraq.
⁴ Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Civil Engineering, Military College of Engineering, Sub Campus of National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
⁷ Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo 11845, Egypt.

Abstract

The creation of sustainable composites reinforced with natural fibers has recently drawn the interest of both industrial and academics. Basalt fiber (BF) stands out as the most intriguing among the natural fibers that may be utilized as reinforcement due to their characteristics. Numerous academics have conducted many tests on the strength, durability, temperature, and microstructure characteristics of concrete reinforced with BF and have found promising results. However, because the information is dispersed, readers find it problematic to assess the advantages of BF reinforced concrete, which limits its applications. Therefore, a condensed study that provides the reader with an easy route and summarizes all pertinent information is needed. The purpose of this paper (Part II) is to undertake a compressive assessment of basalt fiber reinforced concrete's durability features. The results show that adding BF significantly increased concrete durability. The review also identifies a research deficiency that must be addressed before BF is used in practice.

Keywords: basalt fibers; scan electronic microscopy; shrinkage; thermal properties.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The authors would like to thank the Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University for supporting this work by Grant Code: (22UQU4250045DSR29).