The present report addresses the Deliverables 2.1 and 2.2 of the project ‘Green cement based on blast-furnace slag’. Deliverable 2.1 aims at the evaluation of the mechanical and thermal performance of commercial reinforcements. Deliverable 2.2 describes the modification of those commercial reinforcements and evaluation.Two different commercial textile reinforcement grids for concrete were evaluated: (i) a basalt-fibre grid from US Basalt impregnated with epoxy resin and (ii) a carbon fibre grid from V. Fraas that is impregnated with Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR). The grids were exposed to plasma oxidation to increase their hydrophilicity and create functional groups that can react with the uncured cement. The adhesion to the green cement matrix was then measured of both, the untreated and the plasma treated grids by pull-out testing of fibre bundles.
Deliverables 2.1 & 2.2 of the project ’Green cement based on blast furnace slag’ funded by Vinnova under their programme ‘Innovationer för ett hållbart samhälle’ (Diarienummer 2016-03367).