scholarly journals Synergistic Benefits of Using Expansive and Shrinkage Reducing Admixture on High-Performance Concrete

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian-Feng Yuan ◽  
Seong-Kyum Kim ◽  
Kyung-Teak Koh ◽  
Young-Soo Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Shrinkage Stress ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Shrinkage Cracking ◽  
Shrinkage Cracks ◽  
Shrinkage Reducing Admixture

High-performance concrete (HPC) is widely used in construction according to great mechanical properties, but it has a high risk of shrinkage cracking due to autogenous shrinkage stress. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of a combination of expansive admixture (EA) and shrinkage reducing admixture (SA) on the autogenous shrinkage of high-performance concrete without heat treatment. Two different EA to cement weight ratios of 0.0, 5.0%, and two different SA to cement weight ratios of 0.0, and 1.0% were combined and considered. To investigate the differences in the time-zero conditions effect on the autogenous shrinkage behaviors, four different initial points were compared. The test results indicate that the EA and/or SA content was conductive to a little bite increase compressive strength (22.6–37.9%) and tensile strength (<4.8%). According to the synergistic effect of the EA and SA on the HPC, the autogenous shrinkage significantly decreased (<50%), as compared to those specimens with only one type of admixture (EA or SA). Furthermore, all the specimens incurred restrained autogenous shrinkage cracks at an early age, except the specimen using the combined EA and SA. Therefore, it can be concluded that the combination of EA and SA is effective for improving the properties of HPC.

Effect of the Expansion Agent on Early-Age Autogenous Shrinkage Stress of Concrete

2013 ◽  
Vol 838-841 ◽  
pp. 564-568
Author(s):  
Pan Xiu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Shrinkage Strain ◽  
Shrinkage Stress ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Concrete Cube

Early-age autogenous shrinkage is key problem of high performance concrete. It can cause a lot of early-age cracks in concrete structure and further endanger the permeability and durability. Adding expansion agent can control the early-age autogenous shrinkage strain and reduce the risk of early-age cracks. In this paper, the early-age autogenous shrinkage stress of concrete cube is calculated. The results show that, early-age autogenous shrinkage stress is larger than early-age tensile strength of concrete. So some cracks occur on the surface of concrete structure. By adding expansion agent, the early-age autogenous shrinkage strain and stress both decreases.

scholarly journals A Mesoscopic Simulation for the Early-Age Shrinkage Cracking Process of High Performance Concrete in Bridge Engineering

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guodong Li ◽  
Zonglin Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Bridge Engineering ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Crack Model ◽  
Shrinkage Cracking ◽  
Mesoscopic Simulation ◽  
Shrinkage Cracks ◽  
Cracking Process

On a mesoscopic level, high performance concrete (HPC) was assumed to be a heterogeneous composite material consisting of aggregates, mortar, and pores. The concrete mesoscopic structure model had been established based on CT image reconstruction. By combining this model with continuum mechanics, damage mechanics, and fracture mechanics, a relatively complete system for concrete mesoscopic mechanics analysis was established to simulate the process of early-age shrinkage cracking in HPC. This process was based on the dispersion crack model. The results indicated that the interface between the aggregate and mortar was the crack point caused by shrinkage cracks in HPC. The locations of early-age shrinkage cracks in HPC were associated with the spacing and the size of the aggregate particle. However, the shrinkage deformation size of the mortar was related to the scope of concrete cracking and was independent of the crack position. Whereas lower water to cement ratios can improve the early strength of concrete, this ratio cannot control early-age shrinkage cracks in HPC.

Shrinkage Cracking of High Performance Concrete Mixed with Steel Slag Admixture

2011 ◽  
Vol 462-463 ◽  
pp. 867-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Feng Li ◽  
Hua Xun Guo ◽  
Ling Ling Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Steel Slag ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Mineral Admixtures ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Shrinkage Stress ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Restrained Shrinkage ◽  
Shrinkage Cracking

Cracking due to the restrained shrinkage stress has been frequently observed at early age in concrete structures. Early-age deterioration of concrete due to cracking and higher maintenance cost for poor durability cause serious troubles to concrete structures. Steel slag includes a certain scale mineral such as C2S and C3S, and can be applied in cement and concrete as mineral admixtures. Two tests are outlined to quantify the behaviour of concrete under restrained shrinkage using plate and ring specimens. The results show that mineral admixtures can be used to reduce cracking in concrete. The risk of cracking can be estimated for steel slag concrete, so that it will improve the durability of concrete structures.

The Influence of Chemical Admixtures on the Autogenous Shrinkage Ultra-High Performance Concrete

2010 ◽  
Vol 452-453 ◽  
pp. 725-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Jun Park ◽  
Sung Wook Kim ◽  
Gum Sung Ryu ◽  
Kwang Myung Lee
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Pulse Velocity ◽  
Reducing Agent ◽  
Shrinkage Stress ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Ultra High Performance Concrete ◽  
Expansive Additive ◽  
Shrinkage Reducing Agent

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is a material developing remarkable performance with compressive strength of about 200 MPa and flexural strength of approximately 30 MPa on which research is actively conducted today. However, UHPC is also characterized by a mixing composed of a high specific quantity of binder that is a W/B ratio of about 0.2, which requires to examine the effects of the autogenous shrinkage. Accordingly, this study investigates the effects of the use of expansive additive and water reducing agent on the autogenous shrinkage of UHPC at early age. To that goal, autogenous shrinkage test and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) monitoring are conducted for a mixing of UHPC using expansive additive and shrinkage reducing agent. The experimental results reveal that the autogenous shrinkage of UHPC reduces by 24% for a mix of UHPC adopting both 7.5% of expansive additive and 1% of shrinkage reducing agent compared to the mix without admixture. Furthermore, this mix is seen to compensate the autogenous shrinkage occurring at early age when UHPC develops its largest stiffness in view of the UPV evolution curve. At that time, the shrinkage stress seems to be extremely softened.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Thermal and Shrinkage Stresses in Restrained High-Performance Concrete

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 3680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Linhao Ma ◽  
Jie Huang ◽  
Chunping Gu ◽  
Zhenjian Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stress ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Drying Shrinkage ◽  
Shrinkage Stress ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Volume Deformation ◽  
Curing Conditions ◽  
Drying Shrinkage Stress

The early age volume deformation is the main course for the cracking of high-performance concrete (HPC). Hence, the shrinkage behavior and the restrained stress development of HPC under different restraints and curing conditions were experimentally studied in this paper. The method to separate the stress components in the total restraint stress was proposed. The total restrained stress was separated into autogenous shrinkage stress, drying shrinkage stress and thermal stress. The results showed that the developments of the free shrinkage (autogenous shrinkage and drying shrinkage) and the restrained stress were accelerated when the drying began; but the age when the drying began did not significantly influence the long-term shrinkage and restrained stress of HPC; the autogenous shrinkage stress continuously contributed to the development of the total restrained stress in HPC; the drying shrinkage stress developed very rapidly soon after the drying began; and the thermal stress was generated when the temperature dropped. The thermal stress was predominant at the early age, but the contributions of the three stresses to the total restrained stress were almost the same at the age of 56 d in this study.

Early-Age Autogenous Shrinkage of High-Performance Concrete Columns by Embedded Fiber Bragg-Grating Sensor

2009 ◽  
Vol 419-420 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wei Yun ◽  
Ii Young Jang ◽  
Seong Kyum Kim ◽  
Seung Min Park
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Bragg Grating ◽  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Strain Sensor ◽  
Bragg Grating ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Sensor Temperature

High-performance concrete (HPC) as a promising construction material has been widely used in infrastructures and high-rise buildings etc. However, its pretty high autogenous shrinkage (AS) especially in its early age becomes one of the key problems endangering long-time durability of HPC structures. This paper carried out the early age AS research of large scaled HPC column specimens by embedded Fiber Bragg-Grating (FBG) strain sensor. Temperature compensation for FBG strain sensor by thermocouple was also attempted in this paper, and the results were reasonable and acceptable comparing with the result compensated by FBG temperature sensor. Reinforcement influence, size effect and temperature effect on HPC AS were also analyzed respectively in this paper.

Early-age autogenous shrinkage and stress characteristics of high-performance concrete at the mesoscopic level

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (16) ◽  
pp. 809-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guodong Li ◽  
Zonglin Wang ◽  
Weigping Zhao
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
High Performance Concrete ◽  
Autogenous Shrinkage ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Mesoscopic Level
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