Experimental study on mechanical behaviors of polyoxymethylene woven tube-reinforced cementitious composites

This paper aimed to investigate the mechanical performances of woven tube-reinforced cementitious composites. Polyoxymethylene fibers were used to form woven tubes. The integrated woven tube and splicing woven tube-reinforced cementitious composites were prepared with different textile structures. The compressive and bending properties of woven tube-reinforced cementitious composites were experimentally characterized through compression and bending tests, and the testing processes were recorded by camera. The results showed that both the integrated woven tube and the splicing woven tube could apparently enhance the compressive and bending properties. The compressive and bending strengths of the integrated woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite could reach 44 and 21 MPa, respectively. Due to low splicing strength, the splicing woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite was likely to split, which led to the disassembly. The integrated woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite had higher compressive and bending strengths than the splicing woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite. Moreover, the integrated woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite exhibited better energy absorption ability and integrity after testing than the splicing woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite. The energy absorption of the integrated woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite could reach over 7 MJ/m3 during compression. Under compression, the splicing woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite and pure cement only had one compressive peak stress, which was caused by the damage to the cement, whereas the integrated woven tube-reinforced cementitious composite had two compressive peak stresses: the second compressive peak stress was caused by fiber breakage. In general, the integrated woven tube is more suitable for reinforcing cement than the splicing woven tube.