Study on corrosion effect of high-performance concrete under the action of sulfate and chlorine

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (01n03) ◽  
pp. 1940054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongrong Yin ◽  
Jie Hu ◽  
Yu Liu ◽  
Qing Wu ◽  
Chenchen Zhang ◽  
...  

The thickness of corroded concrete layer and the compressive strength of prisms under the action of sulfate and chloride salt were investigated by ultrasonic test and compression test, respectively. The results show that under the single action of sulfate, the strength of concrete experienced two stages: a slow growth stage and a rapid descent stage. Correspondingly, under the combined action of sulfate and chloride, the concrete strength experienced another two stages: a slow growth stage and a slow degradation stage. The existence of chloride inhibited the corrosion damage of concrete in a certain extent. It was found that higher concentration of chlorine salt would lead to a stronger inhibition effect. A good consistency was observed among corrosion layer thickness, compressive strength and X-ray diffraction results. The inhabitation of chloride to the sulfate corrosion of concrete was proved.

2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 984-988
Author(s):  
An Shun Cheng ◽  
Yue Lin Huang ◽  
Chung Ho Huang ◽  
Tsong Yen

The study aims to research the effect of the particle size of fly ash on the compressive strength and fracture toughness of high performance concrete (HPC). In all HPC mixtures, the water-to-binder ratio selected is 0.35; the cement replacement ratios includes 0%, 10% and 20%; the particle sizes of fly ash have three types of passing through sieves No. 175, No. 250 and No. 325. Three-point-bending test was adopted to measure the load-deflection relations and the maximum loads to determine the fracture energy (GF) and the critical stress intensity factor (KSIC). Test results show that adding fly ash in HPC apparently enhances the late age strengths of HPC either for replacement ratio of 10% or 20%, in which the concrete with 10% fly ash shows the higher effect. In addition, the smaller the particle size is the better the late age concrete strength will be. The HPC with the finer fly ash can have higher strength development and the values of GF and KSIC due to the facts of better filling effect and pozzolanic reaction. At late age, the GF and KSIC values of concrete with 10% fly ash are all higher than those with 20% fly ash.


2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 06006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doddy Prayogo ◽  
Foek Tjong Wong ◽  
Daniel Tjandra

This study introduces an improved artificial intelligence (AI) approach called intelligence optimized support vector regression (IO-SVR) for estimating the compressive strength of high-performance concrete (HPC). The nonlinear functional mapping between the HPC materials and compressive strength is conducted using the AI approach. A dataset with 1,030 HPC experimental tests is used to train and validate the prediction model. Depending on the results of the experiments, the forecast outcomes of the IO-SVR model are of a much higher quality compared to the outcomes of other AI approaches. Additionally, because of the high-quality learning capabilities, the IO-SVR is highly recommended for calculating HPC strength.


2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 1017-1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Cheng Yeh

This paper is aimed at demonstrating the possibilities of adaptingQuantile Regression Neural Network (QRNN) to estimate the distribution ofcompressive strength of high performance concrete (HPC). The databasecontaining 1030 compressive strength data were used to evaluate QRNN. Each dataincludes the amounts of cement, blast furnace slag, fly ash, water,superplasticizer, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate (in kilograms per cubicmeter), the age, and the compressive strength. This study led to the followingconclusions: (1) The Quantile Regression Neural Networks can buildaccurate quantile models and estimate the distribution of compressive strengthof HPC. (2) The various distributions of prediction of compressive strength of HPCshow that the variance of the error is inconstant across observations, whichimply that the prediction is heteroscedastic. (3) The logarithmic normaldistribution may be more appropriate than normal distribution to fit thedistribution of compressive strength of HPC. Since engineers should not assumethat the variance of the error of prediction of compressive strength isconstant, the ability of estimating the distribution of compressive strength ofHPC is an important advantage of QRNN.


2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 069-076
Author(s):  
Jacek Góra

High performance concretes were tested to find an effect of the three different coarse aggregates (basalt, granite and dolomite) on concrete strength properties. All the results were analyzed statistically. Splitting tensile strength of high performance concrete with dolomite aggregate was significantly higher than that of concretes with basalt and granite aggregate. The effect of dolomite aggregate on compressive strength of HPC was much more advantageous than that of granite aggregate.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4102
Author(s):  
Jan Stindt ◽  
Patrick Forman ◽  
Peter Mark

Resource-efficient precast concrete elements can be produced using high-performance concrete (HPC). A heat treatment accelerates hardening and thus enables early stripping. To minimise damages to the concrete structure, treatment time and temperature are regulated. This leads to temperature treatment times of more than 24 h, what seems too long for quick serial production (flow production) of HPC. To overcome this shortcoming and to accelerate production speed, the heat treatment is started here immediately after concreting. This in turn influences the shrinkage behaviour and the concrete strength. Therefore, shrinkage is investigated on prisms made from HPC with and without steel fibres, as well as on short beams with reinforcement ratios of 1.8% and 3.1%. Furthermore, the flexural and compressive strengths of the prisms are measured directly after heating and later on after 28 d. The specimens are heat-treated between 1 and 24 h at 80 °C and a relative humidity of 60%. Specimens without heating serve for reference. The results show that the shrinkage strain is pronouncedly reduced with increasing temperature duration and rebar ratio. Moreover, the compressive and flexural strength decrease with decreasing temperature duration, whereby the loss of strength can be compensated by adding steel fibres.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Shuo Liu ◽  
Qizhi Wang ◽  
Wei Yuan ◽  
Mingzhang Chen ◽  
...  

Based on forced vibration tests for high-performance concrete (HPC), the influence of bridge vibration induced by traveling vehicle on compressive strength and durability of HPC has been studied. It is concluded that 1 d and 2 d compressive strength of HPC decreased significantly, and the maximum reduction rate is 9.1%, while 28 d compressive strength of HPC had a slight lower with a 3% maximal drop under the action of two simple harmonic vibrations with 2 Hz, 3 mm amplitude, and 4 Hz, 3 mm amplitude. Moreover, the vibration had a slight effect on the compressive strength of HPC when the simple harmonic vibration had 4 Hz and 1 mm amplitude; it is indicated that the amplitude exerts a more prominent influence on the earlier compressive strength with the comparison of the frequency. In addition, the impact of simple harmonic vibration on durability of HPC can be ignored; this shows the self-healing function of concrete resulting from later hydration reaction. Thus, the research achievements mentioned above can contribute to learning the laws by which bridge vibration affects the properties of concrete and provide technical support for the design and construction of the bridge deck pavement maintenance.


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