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Properties of 3D-Printed Polymer Fiber-Reinforced Mortars: A Review

By March 24, 2022April 14th, 2022No Comments

Review
. 2022 Mar 24;14(7):1315.

doi: 10.3390/polym14071315.

Jie Liu 1 2, Chun Lv 3
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Abstract

The engineering applications and related research of fiber-reinforced cement and geopolymer mortar composites are becoming more and more extensive. These reinforced fibers include not only traditional steel fibers and carbon fibers, but also synthetic polymer fibers and natural polymer fibers. Polymer fiber has good mechanical properties, good bonding performance with cement and geopolymer mortars, and excellent performance of cracking resistance and reinforcement. In this paper, representative organic synthetic polymer fibers, such as polypropylene, polyethylene and polyvinyl alcohol, are selected to explore their effects on the flow properties, thixotropic properties and printing time interval of fresh 3D-printed cement and geopolymer mortars. At the same time, the influence of mechanical properties, such as the compressive strength, flexural strength and interlaminar bonding strength of 3D-printed cement and geopolymer mortars after hardening, is also analyzed. Finally, the effect of polymer fiber on the anisotropy of 3D-printed mortars is summarized briefly. The existing problems of 3D-printed cement and polymer mortars are summarized, and the development trend of polymer fiber reinforced 3D-printed mortars is prospected.

Keywords: 3D printing, geopolymer, mortar, polymer fiber reinforcement, working performance

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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