scholarly journals Mechanical Properties and Service Life Prediction of Modified Concrete Attacked by Sulfate Corrosion

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Li-min Yang ◽  
Jin-Jun Guo ◽  
Wen-li Liu ◽  
Hong-li Chen

Under the condition of drying and wetting circulation, ordinary concrete, modified concrete containing fly ash, and double-admixture concrete containing fly ash and polypropylene fiber were corroded in the solution of Na2SO4 and (NH4)2SO4. The sulfate concentration of the solution was designed to be 1000 g/L. The compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of the concrete were tested after different number of drying and wetting cycles (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10). The results indicate that the strength of concrete increases in the early stages of corrosion and decreases gradually later. The admixture significantly improves the resistance to sulfate erosion of the modified concrete, while polypropylene fiber plays a less important role on anticorrosion properties. When suffered 10 times of drying and wetting cycle, the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of modified concrete increase by 28% and 19%, respectively. Based on the test results, the service life of the modified concrete corroded by sulfate was predicted.

2011 ◽  
Vol 346 ◽  
pp. 26-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Wei Wang

A designed experimental study has been conducted to investigate the effect of the fiber fraction of polypropylene fiber on the mechanical properties of concrete containing fly ash, a large number of experiments have been carried out in this study. The mechanical properties include compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and compressive modulus of elasticity. On the basis of the experimental results of the specimens of six sets of mix proportions, the mechanism of action of polypropylene fiber on these mechanical properties has been analyzed in details. The results indicate that there is a tendency of increase in the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength, and the modulus of elasticity of concrete containing fly ash decrease gradually with the increase of fiber volume fraction with appropriate content.


2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 1485-1490
Author(s):  
Jin Jun Guo ◽  
Ju Hong Han ◽  
Zhe Ting Xu

For revealing the behaviors of modified concrete materials against eroding from composite solution, accelerated deterioration tests of Portland concrete, polypropylene fiber concrete, fly ash concrete and concrete mixed with polypropylene fiber and fly ash were made under continuous immersion in two types of composite corrosion solutions, which were sulfate composite solution and magnesium composite solution. The compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and elastic modulus of modified concrete subjected to corrosion were detected. The results show that capacity of corrosion resistance of concrete is enhanced remarkably by modifying approach of mixing fly ash and polypropylene fiber into concrete. The deteriorated splitting tensile strength of modified concrete is able to be increased by 30%-60% compared with ordinary concrete. The research results are benefit to engineering design and application.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 875
Author(s):  
Chenchen Luan ◽  
Qingyuan Wang ◽  
Fuhua Yang ◽  
Kuanyu Zhang ◽  
Nodir Utashev ◽  
...  

There have been a few attempts to develop prediction models of splitting tensile strength and reinforcement-concrete bond strength of FAGC (low-calcium fly ash geopolymer concrete), however, no model can be used as a design equation. Therefore, this paper aimed to provide practical prediction models. Using 115 test results for splitting tensile strength and 147 test results for bond strength from experiments and previous literature, considering the effect of size and shape on strength and structural factors on bond strength, this paper developed and verified updated prediction models and the 90% prediction intervals by regression analysis. The models can be used as design equations and applied for estimating the cracking behaviors and calculating the design anchorage length of reinforced FAGC beams. The strength models of PCC (Portland cement concrete) overestimate the splitting tensile strength and reinforcement-concrete bond strength of FAGC, so PCC’s models are not recommended as the design equations.


2011 ◽  
Vol 477 ◽  
pp. 274-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Xu ◽  
Lin Hua Jiang ◽  
Hong Qiang Chu ◽  
Lei Chen

In this study, the effects of fiber types on the mechanical properties of lightweight aggregate concretes were investigated. Three types of fibers, namely, polypropylene fiber, steel fiber and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) fiber, and two types of lightweight aggregates, namely, expanded polystyrene and ceramsite were used. The compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of concretes were tested. The results show that both the compressive strength and the splitting tensile strength were improved by adding a reasonable volume of steel fiber and polypropylene fiber into LWAC. The addition of water hyacinth fiber had little effect on the compressive strength of LWAC, while a little increase was observed in the splitting tensile strength.


2019 ◽  
Vol 276 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
I Made Alit Karyawan Salain ◽  
I Nyoman Sutarja ◽  
Teguh Arifmawan Sudhiarta

This experimental study presents the properties of highperformance concrete (HPC) made by partially replacing type I Portland cement (OPC) with class C fly ash (CFA). The purpose of this study is to examine, with hydration time, the development of the compressive strength, the splitting tensile strength and the permeability of HPC utilizing different quantity of CFA. Four HPC mixtures, C1, C2, C3, and C4, were made by utilizing respectively 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% of CFA as replacement of OPC, by weight. One control mixture, C0, was made with 0% CFA. The mix proportion of HPC was 1.00 binder: 1.67 fine aggregate: 2.15 coarse aggregate with water to binder ratio 0.32. In each mixture, it was added 5% silica fume and 0.6% superplasticizer of the weight of the binder. Tests of HPC properties were realized at the age of 1, 3, 7, 28, and 90 days. The results indicate that CFA used to partially replace OPC in HPC shows adequate cementitious and pozzolanic properties. The compressive strength and the splitting tensile strength of HPC increase while the permeability coefficient decreases with increasing hydration time. It is found that the optimum replacement of OPC with CFA is 10%, however the replacement up to 20% is still acceptable to produce HPC having practically similar harden properties with control mixture. At this optimum replacement and after 90 days of hydration, the compressive strength, the splitting tensile strength and the permeability coefficient can reach 68.9 MPa, 8.3 MPa and 4.6 E-11 cm/sec respectively. These results are 109%, 101%, and 48% respectively of those of control mixture.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 1325-1329
Author(s):  
Ye Ran Zhu ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Guo Hong Huang

This paper investigates the mechanical properties (compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural toughness) of polypropylene fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete (PFRSCC). The effect of the incorporation of polypropylene fiber on the mechanical properties of PFRSCC is determined. Four point bending tests on beam specimens were performed to evaluate the flexural properties of PFRSCC. Test results indicate that flexural toughness and ductility are remarkably improved by the addition of polypropylene fiber.


2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1062-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Eun Kim ◽  
Wan Shin Park ◽  
Song Hui Yun ◽  
Do Gyeum Kim ◽  
Jea Myoung Noh

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity characteristics of high performance concrete. These tests were carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties of HPC for up to 7 and 28 days. Mixtures were prepared with water to binder ratio of 0.40. Two mixtures were containing fly ash at 25%, silica fume at 5% cement replacement, respectively. Another mixture was contains blast furnace slag and fly ash at 25%. Three standard 100¥a200 cylinder specimens were prepared. HPC showed improvement in the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength when ordinary Portland cement was replaced with silica fume. Compare with specimens FA25 and BS25FA25, specimen SF5 showed much more modulus of elasticity. It shows that the use of the blast furnace slag of 25% and fly ash of 25% cement replacement has caused a small increase in compressive strength and splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity compared to the only use of fly ash of 25% at 28days. The results indicated that the use of blast furnace slag or silica fume provided the good performance compare to fly ash when the mechanical properties of the high performance concretes were taken into account.


1994 ◽  
Vol 370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manouchehr Hassanzadeh

AbstractThis study has determined the fracture mechanical properties of 9 types of rock, namely fine-, medium- and coarse-grained granites, gneiss, quartzite, diabase, gabbro, and fine- and coarse-grained limestones. Test results show among other things that quartzite has the highest compressive strength and fracture energy, while diabase has the highest splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity. Furthermore, the strength and fracture energy of the interfacial zone between the rocks and 6 different mortars have been determined. The results showed that, in this investigation, the mortar/rock interfaces are in most cases weaker than both mortars and rocks.


2013 ◽  
Vol 859 ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Qiang Ma

A great deal of experiments have been carried out in this study to reveal the effect of the water-binder ratio and fly ash content on the workability and strengths of GHPC (green high performance concrete). The workability of GHPC was evaluated by slump and slump flow. The strengths include compressive strength and splitting tensile strength. The results indicate that the increase of water-binder ratio can improve the workability of GHPC, however the strengths of GHPC were decreased with the increase of water-binder ratio. When the fly ash content is lower than 40%, the increase in fly ash content has positive effect on workability of GHPC, while the workability begins to decrease after the fly ash content is more than 40%. The addition of fly ash in GHPC has adverse effect on the strengths, and there is a tendency of decrease in the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of GHPC with the increase of fly ash content.


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