scholarly journals Insight into the Mechanical Performance of the UHPC Repaired Cementitious Composite System after Exposure to High Temperatures

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4095
Author(s):  
Qing Chen ◽  
Zhiyuan Zhu ◽  
Rui Ma ◽  
Zhengwu Jiang ◽  
Yao Zhang ◽  
...  

In this paper, the mechanical performance of an ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) repaired cementitious composite system, including the old matrix and the new reinforcement (UHPC), under various high temperature levels (20 °C, 100 °C, 300 °C, and 500 °C) was studied. In this system, UHPC reinforced with different contents of steel fibers and polypropylene (PP) fibers was utilized. Moreover, the physical, compressive, bonding, and flexural behaviors of the UHPC repaired system after being exposed to different high temperatures were investigated. Meanwhile, X-ray diffraction (XRD), baseline evaluation test (BET), and scanning electron microscope (SEM) tests were conducted to analyze the effect of high temperature on the microstructural changes in a UHPC repaired cementitious composite system. Results indicate that the appearance of the bonded system changed, and its mass decreased slightly. The average percentage of residual mass of the system was 99.5%, 96%, and 94–95% at 100 °C, 300 °C, and 500 °C, respectively. The residual compressive strength, bonding strength, and flexural performance improved first and then deteriorated with the increase of temperature. When the temperature reached 500 °C, the compressive strength, bonding strength, and flexural strength decreased by about 20%, 30%, and 15% for the UHPC bonded system, respectively. Under high temperature, the original components of UHPC decreased and the pore structure deteriorated. The cumulative pore volume at 500 °C could reach more than three times that at room temperature (about 20 °C). The bonding showed obvious deterioration, and the interfacial structure became looser after exposure to high temperature.

Alloy Digest ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  

Abstract Kentanium K138-A is a high temperature titanium carbide that greatly widens the scope of the engineering design where conditions of intermittent or continuous high temperatures in oxidizing atmospheres are combined with abrasion, and compressive or tensile loads. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness, creep, and fatigue. It also includes information on machining and joining. Filing Code: Ti-40. Producer or source: Kennametal Inc..


2014 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 445-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Il Jang ◽  
Wan Shin Park ◽  
Sun Woong Kim ◽  
Song Hui Yun ◽  
Hyun Do Yun ◽  
...  

This paper addresses the influence of cold weather on the compressive strength of high performance concrete with silica fume under different curing days. Test variables of this study are weather condition (5°C, -5°C and-15°C) and different curing days (7days and 28 days). In this work, the specimen was designed a water-binder ratio of 0.34. One batches of concrete were prepared for each mixing hour, and the compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens was measured after 7 and 28 days. Test results for concrete compressive strength show that the concrete’s best mechanical performance occurred when there was the least difference between ambient temperature and concrete temperature, that is, during the later hours of the day in hot weather conditions.


2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 1052-1055
Author(s):  
Seung Jo Lee ◽  
Jung Min Park

The aim of the study is to improve the understanding of the influence of reinforcing fiber types on the mechanical properties of high performance concretes (HPC) subjected to high temperature. The mechanical properties measured include residual compressive strength, weight reduction ratio, outward appearance property, and failure mode. Nylon, polypropylene, and steel fiber were added to enhance mechanical property of the concretes. After exposure to high temperatures ranged from 100 to 800°C, mechanical properties of fiber-toughened HPC were investigated. For HPC, although residual compressive strength was decreased by exposure to high temperature over 500°C, weight reduction ratio was significantly higher than that before heating temperature.


Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 416
Author(s):  
Yunfeng Qian ◽  
Dingyi Yang ◽  
Yanghao Xia ◽  
Han Gao ◽  
Zhiming Ma

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) has a high self-healing capacity and is prone to bursting after exposure to high temperatures due to its characteristics. This work evaluates the damage and improvement of UHPC with coarse aggregates through mechanical properties (compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity), transport properties (water absorption and a chloride diffusion test), and micro-properties such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), and Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). The result demonstrates that polypropylene (PP) fibers are more suitable for high temperature tests than polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers. The result shows that 400 °C is the critical temperature point. With the increase in temperature, the hydration becomes significant, and the internal material phase changes accordingly. Although the total pore volume increased, the percentage of various types of pores was optimized within 400 °C. The mass loss gradually increased and the ultrasonic pulse velocity gradually decreased. While the compressive strength first increased and then decreased, and the increase occurred within 25–400 °C. As for the transport properties, the chloride migration coefficient and capillary absorption coefficient both increased dramatically due to the higher sensitivity to temperature changes. The results of the property improvement test showed that at temperatures above 800 °C, the compressive strength recovered by more than 65% and the ultrasonic pulse velocity recovered by more than 75%. In terms of transport properties, compared to the results before self-healing, the chloride migration coefficient decreased by up to 59%, compared with 89% for the capillary absorption coefficient, after self-healing at 800 °C. With respect to the enhancement effect after exposure to high temperatures, the environment of a 5% Na2SO4 solution was not as good as the clean water environment. The corresponding changes in microstructure during the high temperatures and the self-healing process can explain the change in the pattern of macroscopic properties more precisely.


2021 ◽  
pp. 224-231
Author(s):  
Huijie Shang, Qianqian Peng

In this paper, the effects of fiber on the residual strength and high temperature burst performance of ultra-high performance concrete are studied. This paper analyzes the performance change law of concrete after high temperature from three aspects: mass loss, ultrasonic wave velocity and compressive strength. The results show that with the increase of heating temperature, the mass loss increases and the ultrasonic wave velocity decreases. The compressive strength of concrete increases gradually before 300 ℃ and decreases gradually after 400 ℃. Mixing PVA fiber and steel fiber can not only improve the burst resistance of ultra-high performance concrete at high temperature, but also have high residual strength. This paper discusses the high temperature burst mechanism of ultra-high performance concrete, which is caused by the change of steam pressure and microstructure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Meimei Song ◽  
Chuanlin Wang ◽  
Ying Cui ◽  
Qiu Li ◽  
Zhiyang Gao

High autogenous shrinkage property is one of the disadvantages of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), which may induce early age cracking and threaten the safety of concrete structure. In the present study, different dosages of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement were added in UHPC as an effective expansive binder. Hydration mechanism, autogenous shrinkage property, and compressive strength of UHPC were carried out to investigate the effect of CSA addition on the mechanical properties of UHPC. Scanning electron microscopy was also employed to characterize the intrinsic microstructural reasons relating to the changes in macroproperties. Based on the XRD diagram, increasing formation of ettringite and Ca(OH)2 can be found with increasing CSA content up to 15%. In the heat flow results of UHPC with 10% CSA addition, the maximum heat release increases to 2.6 mW/g, which is 8.3% higher than the reference UHPC, suggesting a higher degree of hydration with CSA addition. The results in autogenous shrinkage show that CSA expansion agent plays a significantly beneficial role in improving the autogenous shrinkage of UHPC. The corresponding autogenous shrinkage of UHPC is −59.66 μ ε , −131.11 μ ε , and −182.31 μ ε , respectively, at 7 d with 5%, 10%, and 15% addition, which is 108%, 117%, and 123% reduction compared to the reference specimen without CSA. In terms of compressive strength, UHPC with 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% CSA addition has 10.5%, 17.4%, 30.2%, and 22.1% higher compressive strength than that for the reference UHPC at 28 d. Microstructural study shows that there is an extremely dense microstructure in both the bulk matrix and interfacial transition zone of UHPC with 10% CSA addition, which can be attributed to the higher autogenous shrinkage property and can therefore result in higher mechanical performance.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 770 ◽  
Author(s):  
How-Ji Chen ◽  
Yi-Lin Yu ◽  
Chao-Wei Tang

Compared with ordinary concrete, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) has excellent toughness and better impact resistance. Under high temperatures, the microstructure and mechanical properties of UHPC may seriously deteriorate. As such, we first explored the properties of UHPC with a designed 28-day compressive strength of 120 MPa or higher in the fresh mix phase, and measured its hardened mechanical properties at seven days. The test variables included: the type of cementing material and the mixing ratio (silica ash, ultra-fine silicon powder), the type of fiber (steel fiber, polypropylene fiber), and the fiber content (volume percentage). In addition to the UHPC of the experimental group, pure concrete was used as the control group in the experiment; no fiber or supplementary cementitious materials (silica ash, ultra-fine silicon powder) were added to enable comparison and discussion and analysis. Then, the UHPC-1 specimens of the experimental group were selected for further compressive, flexural, and splitting strength tests and SEM observations after exposure to different target temperatures in an electric furnace. The test results show that at room temperature, the 56-day compressive strength of the UHPC-1 mix was 155.8 MPa, which is higher than the >150 MPa general compressive strength requirement for ultra-high-performance concrete. The residual compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting strength of the UHPC-1 specimen after exposure to 300, 400, and 500 °C did not decrease significantly, and even increased due to the drying effect of heating. However, when the temperature was 600 °C, spalling occurred, so the residual mechanical strength rapidly declined. SEM observations confirmed that polypropylene fibers melted at high temperatures, thereby forming other channels that helped to reduce the internal vapor pressure of the UHPC and maintain a certain residual strength.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iva Rozsypalová ◽  
Michal Vyhlídal ◽  
Richard Dvořák ◽  
Tomáš Majda ◽  
Libor Topolář ◽  
...  

In this paper, the attention is paid to the investigation of the influence of high temperature acting on specimens made from specially designed cement-based composite. The experimental programme was carried out on six sets of beam specimens with the dimensions of 20 × 40 × 200 mm. The specimens were loaded to a pre-set temperature of 100, 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 °C and then the temperature was kept for 60 minutes. When the temperature loading had been done, the specimens were left to cool down to the ambient temperature. After that, the ultrasonic pulse method was used to determine the degree of damage of temperature loaded specimens. The measured data obtained by this non-destructive method are in high correlation with values of informative compressive strength of the composite obtained after the temperature loading of specimens.


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