Research Article
Improvement of Mechanical Properties in Polypropylene- and Glass-Fibre-Reinforced Peach Shell Lightweight Concrete
Table 4
Compressive strength of concretes.
| Mix | Compressive strength (MPa) | % increase in compressive strength (28 days) | 3 days | 7 days | 28 days | 56 days |
| Control | 16.8 (68.3%) | 22.6 (91.9%) | 24.6 | 26.3 (106.9%) | ā | PP25 | 17.6 (66.2%) | 23.3 (87.6%) | 26.6 | 27.6 (103.8%) | 8.1 | PP50 | 19.1 (70.7%) | 23.7 (87.8%) | 27.0 | 28.5 (105.6%) | 9.8 | PP75 | 19.2 (68.3%) | 24.4 (86.8%) | 28.1 | 28.8 (102.5%) | 14.2 | G25 | 18.7 (71.6%) | 23.6 (90.4%) | 26.1 | 27.3 (104.6%) | 6.1 | G50 | 21.0 (74.5%) | 25.1 (89.0%) | 28.2 | 29.3 (103.9%) | 14.6 | G75 | 21.5 (73.4%) | 25.5 (87.0%) | 29.3 | 30.2 (103.1%) | 19.1 |
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Note. Values in brackets denote the percentages of compressive strength to the corresponding 28-day compressive strength.
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