Fire temperature influence on the textile reinforced concrete with non-woven polypropylene fabric

Abstract

Textile reinforced concrete with non-woven polypropylene fabric has variable utilization for non-load bearing structures. One of the possible uses is production of facade panels or protective layers in the interior of buildings. For that reason it is important to determine fire resistance of this material. There was examined behaviour of specimens exposed to temperature in range 100 – 650°C for times from 5 to 60 minutes. Weight loss of the specimens caused by heating was also measured. Regardless to the relatively high moisture of material, the effect of spalling didn’t occur.