Effect of crystallizer treatment on chloride diffusion and microstructure of recycled aggregate concrete

2022 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 126273
Author(s):  
Xianfeng Wang ◽  
Guanhong Du ◽  
Lianmin Cai ◽  
Jun Ren ◽  
Weilun Wang
2011 ◽  
Vol 477 ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nattapong Damrongwiriyanupap ◽  
Yu Chang Liang ◽  
Yun Ping Xi

In recent years, recycled aggregate concrete has been used in reinforced concrete structures. Concrete structures exposed to chloride environment often encountera premature deterioration due to corrosion of steel reinforcement. In order to avoid unplanned maintenances or repairs, it is necessary to develop a reliable prediction model for the chloride diffusion in concrete. The basic formulation of the transport theory will be presented first and then its application to Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) will follow. Chloride diffusion in RAC is different from the diffusion in regular concrete, because the material parameters of RAC such as chloride diffusion coefficient are different from those of regular concrete. In this paper, a multi-scale and multi-phase model will be developed to characterize theinternal structure of the recycled aggregate with a layer of residual cement paste on the surface of natural aggregate and another layer of surface treatment material on the surface of the residual cement paste. The multi-scale and multi-phase model will also be used to characterize the chloride diffusion coefficient of RAC. The numerical analysis of the diffusion equations is performed by using finite element method.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuching Wu ◽  
Jianzhuang Xiao

In this study, the multiscale stochastic finite element method (MsSFEM) was developed based on a novel digital image kernel to make analysis for chloride diffusion in recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). It is significant to study the chloride diffusivity in RAC, because when RAC was applied in coastal areas, chloride-induced rebar corrosion became a common problem for concrete infrastructures. The MsSFEM was an efficient tool to examine the effect of microscopic randomness of RAC on the chloride diffusivity. Based on the proposed digital image kernel, the Karhunen–Loeve expansion and the polynomial chaos were used in the stochastic homogenization process. To investigate advantages and disadvantages of both generation and application of the proposed digital image kernel, it was compared with many other kernels. The comparisons were made between the method to develop the digital image kernel, which is called the pixel-matrix method, and other methods, and between the application of the kernel and various other kernels. It was shown that the proposed digital image kernel is superior to other kernels in many aspects.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 755-761
Author(s):  
Ya Guang Zhu ◽  
Jian Guo Dai ◽  
Qiu Yi Li

Silane-base water repellent agents can significantly suppress the capillary water absorption of concrete and consequently improve the durability of the concrete and protects the internal steel reinforcement. This paper presents test result on chloride diffusion property of natural and recycled aggregate concrete externally and internally treated with silane-based water repellent agents based on the ASTM C1202 test method. The effects of concrete cracks on the chloride diffusion property were also investigated. After the tests, the impregnation depth of silane into the natural and recycled aggregate concrete, the total charges passing the testing samples and penetration depth of chloride during the testing period were determined. It was found that, for both cracked and uncracked concrete, externally treated natural and recycled aggregate concrete performed better than internally treated ones. The water repellent treatment method is more effective for recycled aggregate concrete than natural aggregate concrete because a deeper impregnation depth can be achieved in the former case.


2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2357-2370 ◽  
Author(s):  
JianZhuang Xiao ◽  
JingWei Ying ◽  
Vivian W. Y. Tam ◽  
Ian R. Gilbert

2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 1404-1408
Author(s):  
He Ying Qin ◽  
Yan Lin Zhao ◽  
Bo Guang Luo ◽  
Yi Hu Chen

The study presented herein has been carried out in order to investigate the chloride diffusivity of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). Meanwhile, the effect of the binder type, involving cement replacement materials such as, fly ash, slag and silica fume on the chloride diffusivity has also been investigated. For this purpose, RAC and concrete containing the different type of binders with w/b ratios of 0.35, 0.40, 0.45, 0.50, 0.55, and 0.60 were used. As a result, the chloride diffusion coefficient of RAC is higher than that of natural concrete and the partial replacement of cement with fly ash, slag and silica fume is effective in decrease in the chloride diffusion coefficient, measured by a rapid chloride conductivity test.


2016 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Qi ◽  
Jian Ming Gao ◽  
Da Man Shen

Recycled aggregates concrete (RAC) becomes an important participant in recycled materials. This study was performed in order to evaluate the effect of recycled coarse aggregates (RCA) on the chloride resistance of concretes with different coarse aggregates replacement ratio under wetting–drying cycles. Composition influence on the concrete were studied with different the addition of admixtures. The results indicate that the free chloride content decreased with the increasing of depth, whist it increased with the increasing replacement ratio of RCA at the same depth. Wetting–drying cycles accelerated the process of chloride diffusion. It was also found that the addition of admixtures can improve the ability of chloride resistance of concrete.


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