scholarly journals Effects of Coarse Aggregate Quality on Compressive Strength Characteristics of Ultra High-Strength Concrete

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-21
Author(s):  
Masayoshi Kakizaki ◽  
Hidetoshi Edahiro
2014 ◽  
Vol 605 ◽  
pp. 147-150
Author(s):  
Seong Uk Hong ◽  
Seung Hun Kim ◽  
Yong Taeg Lee

This study used the ultrasonic pulse velocity method, one of the non-destructive test methods that does not damage the building for maintenance of to-be-constructed concrete structures using recycled aggregates in order to estimate the compressive strength of high strength concrete structure using recycled coarse aggregate and provide elementary resources for technological establishment of ultrasonic pulse velocity method. 200 test pieces of high strength concrete 40, 50MPa using recycled coarse aggregate were manufactured by replacement rates (0, 30, 50, 100%) and age (1, 7, 28, 180days), and air curing was executed to measure compressive strength and wave velocity. As the result of compressive strength measurement, the one with age of 180day and design strength of 40MPa was 43.69MPa, recycled coarse aggregate replacement rate of 30% 50% 100% were 42.82, 41.22, 37.35MPa, and 50MPa was 52.50MPa, recycled coarse aggregate replacement rate of 30% 50% 100% were 49.02, 46.66, 45.30MPa, and while it could be seen that the test piece substituted with recycled aggregate was found to have lower strength than the test piece with natural aggregate only, but it still reached the design strength to a degree. The correlation of compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity was found and regression analysis was conducted. The estimation formula for compressive strength of high strength concrete using recycled coarse aggregate was found to be Fc=0.069Vp4.05, R2=0.66


2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa M. Rashad ◽  
Hosam.El Din H. Seleem

Abstract This paper presents the results of an investigation to assess the validity of producing high strength concrete (HSC) using moderate cement content to reduce the consumption of the binders. Cement content is lowered from 500 kg/m3 to 400 kg/m3. The difference in cement content is compensated by the addition of fine limestone (LS) powder. Pozzolans were incorporated as an addition to cement. Different coarse aggregate types were employed. Workability, compressive strength, tensile strength, permeability and drying shrinkage were measured. Test results revealed that HSC with a compressive strength up to 79 MPa (at 90 days age) could be produced with moderate cement content. The mixtures consistency and drying shrinkage are greatly enhanced due to employing LS powder and the permeability is satisfactory. To provide better solution to some concrete disadvantages like cracking and drying shrinkage, using an economic rate for cement are believed to reduce these disadvantages.


2013 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 226-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Sang Cho ◽  
Sang Ki Baek ◽  
Yong Taeg Lee ◽  
Seung Hun Kim ◽  
Jun Ho Park ◽  
...  

Recently, many structures which were built about 30 years ago are watched by reconstruction. Demolished concrete is occurred in the process and these quantity increase about 10% more than the preceding year. Although the government have promoted to use recycled coarse aggregate, many registered architects have not use it, because natural aggregate is still cheaper than recycled coarse aggregate's price and they have question about quality of recycled coarse aggregate. In addition, there are no grounds to rely upon compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity method of recycled coarse aggregate when it is used to high strength concrete. In this paper, bases will be adduced to verify applicative possibility of estimation of compressive strength of high-strength concrete with recycled aggregate using ultrasonic pulse velocity method. For this, compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity method tests of 240 high strength concrete specimens with recycled coarse aggregate were performed, and the high strength concrete specimens were tested within the limits such as compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity


Author(s):  
Г.Д. Ляхевич ◽  
В.А. Гречухин ◽  
С. Мотамеди

Целью настоящего исследования является исследование влияния полипропиленовых волокон, вводимых в бетонную смесь, на прочностные характеристики и снижение эффекта взрывного откалывания в бетоне, при повышении температуры. Полипропиленовая фибраобразует в бетоне трехмерный армирующий каркас, который воспринимает растягивающие усилия. Ее применение повышает долговечность, снижает истираемость поверхности, повышает ударную вязкость, устраняет усадку, предупреждает образование трещин, повышает морозостойкость. Для приготовления бетонной смеси использовали следующие компоненты: цемент марки М-500, песок кварцевый, щебень, микрокремнезем, суперпластификатор, вода, полипропиленовая фибра. Водоцементное отношение в испытании составило от 0,23 до 0,32. С целью изучения влияния температуры на прочностные характеристики высокопрочного бетона приготовили 16 составов бетонной смеси. Образцы нагревали до температуры 800 °С при скорости нагрева около 20 °С в минуту. После достижения данной температуры образцы в течение 24 часов медленно остывали до комнатной температуры, после чего измерялось снижение их массы и остаточное сопротивление на сжатие. При нагревании образцов в интервале температур от 160 °С до 180 °С в бетоне с ППВ происходит образование каналов, по которым при дальнейшем нагревании выходит пар. Испытания показали, что в образцах с полипропиленовым волокном (ППВ) не наблюдается эффекта взрывного откалывания. Полипропиленовые волокна уменьшают потерю сопротивления, и устраняют хрупкое разрушение. В исследовании изучено влияние длины и количества ППВ на прочность бетона на сжатие. Использование полипропиленовых волокон повышает огнестойкость и хрупкость высокопрочного бетона, способствует его вязкому разрушению. Образцы бетона без ППВ после нагружения полностью разрушились, тогда, как образцы бетона с ППВ при аналогичной нагрузке сохранили свою геометрию. Введение волокна в высокопрочный бетон способствует повышению прочности на сжатие и термостойкости образцов. После расплавления волокон, образовались капилляры, через которые пар может выйти из массива бетона, предотвращая, таким образом, взрывное откалывание бетона. The purpose of this study is to study the effect of poly-propylene fibers introduced into the concrete mix on the strength characteristics and reduction of the effect of explosive chipping in concrete when the temperature increases. Polypropylene fiber forms a three-dimensional reinforcing frame in concrete that accepts tensile forces. Its use increases durability, reduces surface abrasion, increases impact strength, eliminates shrinkage, prevents the formation of cracks, and increases frost resistance. The following components were used to prepare the concrete mix: M-500 cement, quartz sand, crushed stone, microsilicon, superplasticizer, water, polypropylene fiber. The water-cement ratio in the test was from 0.23 to 0.32. In order to study the effect of temperature on the strength characteristics of high-strength concrete, 16 concrete mix compositions were prepared. The samples were heated to a temperature of 800 °C at a heating rate of about 20 °C per minute. After reaching this temperature, the samples were slowly cooled to room temperature for 24 hours, after which the decrease in their mass and residual compressive resistance were measured. When samples are heated in the temperature range from 160 °C to 180 °C in concrete with PPV, channels are formed through which steam escapes during further heating. Tests have shown that there is no explosive chipping effect in samples with polypropylene fiber (PPV). Polypropylene fibers reduce the loss of resistance, and eliminate brittle fracture. The study examined the effect of the length and amount of PPV on the compressive strength of concrete. The use of polypropylene fibers increases the fire resistance and brittleness of high-strength concrete, contributes to its viscous destruction. Samples of concrete without PPV after loading completely collapsed, while samples of concrete with PPV under a similar load retained their geometry. The introduction of fiber into high-strength concrete increases the compressive strength and heat resistance of samples. After melting the concrete, capillaries were formed through which steam can escape from the concrete mass, thus preventing explosive chipping of the concrete.


2014 ◽  
Vol 629-630 ◽  
pp. 112-118
Author(s):  
Juan Yang ◽  
Gai Fei Peng

An experimental investigation on the variation of compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and fracture energy, with the ratios of water to binder (W/B) of ultra-high strength concretes, including the reactive power concrete (RPC) and ultra-high strength concrete with coarse aggregate (UHSC), has been carried out. The W/B varied between 0.14 and 0.22 at a constant increment of 0.02. It was observed that, compressive strength of RPC almost remained the unchanged, when the W/B was between 0.14 and 0.18. However, it decreased dramatically when the ratios were 0.20 and 0.22. For UHSC, the compressive strength was the highest value at the ratio of 0.18. The results of the two concretes could not comply with the Abrams' generalized W/B ratio law. Moreover, splitting tensile strength of RPC and UHSC decreased continually as the ratio increased from 0.14 to 0.22. Fracture energy of RPC was more or less the same when the ratios were between 0.16 and 0.20, and the maximum value was at 0.14. Fracture energy was observed to be almost no variation for UHSC at all ratios


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1155-1165
Author(s):  
Gaith Abdulhamza Mohammed ◽  
Samer Abdul Amir Al-Mashhadi

Aggregates form 60% to 75% of concrete volume and thus influence its mechanical properties. The strength of (normal or high-strength) concrete is affected by the maximum size of a well-graded coarse aggregate. Concrete mixes containing larger coarse aggregate particles need less mixing water than those containing smaller coarse aggregates, In other words, small aggregate particles have more surface area than a large aggregate particle. In this research, about twenty-two mixtures were covered to study the effect of the MSCA, on compressive strength of (normal strength concrete) and Sixteen mixtures to study the effect of the maximum size of coarse aggregate on compressive strength for (high strength concrete). The concrete mixture is completely redesigned according to the maximum size of coarse aggregate needs and maintaining uniform workability for all sizes of coarse aggregate. The American design method was adopted ACI 211.1, for normal concrete. ACI 211-4R, the design method was adopted for high strength concrete. And use the MSCA with dimensions (9.5, 12.5, 19, 25, 37.5, and 50) mm for normal strength concrete and the MSCA (9.5, 12.5, 19, and 25) mm for high strength concrete. The slump was fixed (75-100) mm for normal strength concrete. Slump is fixed to (25-50) mm for high strength concrete before added Superplasticizer high range water reducer (HRWR). With Fineness Modulus (F.M) fixed to 2.8 for both normal concrete and high-strength concrete. According to the results of the tests, the compressive strength increases with the increase in the MSCA, of the normal concrete and also high – strength concrete. And the effect of the MSCA, on the compressive strength of normal concrete, is higher than that of high-strength concrete.


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