Modelling of Early Age Concrete Temperature Distribution in Thick Rafts

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bennet Kuriakose ◽  
B. N. Rao ◽  
G. R. Dodagoudar
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Concrete Temperature ◽  
Early Age Concrete

scholarly journals Effect of Reinforcement on Early-Age Concrete Temperature Stress: Preliminary Experimental Investigation and Analytical Simulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianda Xin ◽  
Siqing Lin ◽  
Nannan Shi ◽  
Jianshu Ouyang ◽  
Dahai Huang
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Temperature Stress ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Principle Of Superposition ◽  
Stress Development ◽  
Concrete Crack ◽  
Analytical Simulation ◽  
Concrete Temperature ◽  
Early Age Concrete

For concrete under short-term loading, effect of reinforcement on concrete crack resistance capability is usually negligible; however, recent research results show that extension of this viewpoint to concrete under long-term loading (temperature variation) may be unsuitable. In order to investigate this phenomenon, this paper presents the experimental and analytical results of early-age reinforced concrete temperature stress development under uniaxial restraint. The experiments were carried out on a temperature stress testing machine (TSTM). Experimental results show that the coupling of reinforcement and concrete creep behavior influenced the concrete temperature stress development, and nearly 16% of concrete stress was reduced in the current research. Moreover, the cracking time of reinforced concrete was also delayed. Finally, based on the principle of superposition, analytical simulations of effect of reinforcement on concrete temperature stress have been performed.

Very early age concrete hydration characterization monitoring using piezoceramic based smart aggregates

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 085025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingzhao Kong ◽  
Shuang Hou ◽  
Qing Ji ◽  
Y L Mo ◽  
Gangbing Song
Keyword(s):  
Early Age ◽  
Concrete Hydration ◽  
Early Age Concrete

scholarly journals Characterization of Moisture Diffusion in Cured Concrete Slabs at Early Ages

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Hongduo Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Model Simulation ◽  
Moisture Diffusion ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Concrete Slabs ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Water Curing ◽  
Early Age Concrete

The objective of this paper is to investigate the characterization of moisture diffusion inside early-age concrete slabs subjected to curing. Time-dependent relative humidity (RH) distributions of three mixture proportions subjected to three different curing methods (i.e., air curing, water curing, and membrane-forming compounds curing) and sealed condition were measured for 28 days. A one-dimensional nonlinear moisture diffusion partial differential equation (PDE) based on Fick’s second law, which incorporates the effect of curing in the Dirichlet boundary condition using a concept of curing factor, is developed to simulate the diffusion process. Model parameters are calibrated by a genetic algorithm (GA). Experimental results show that the RH reducing rate inside concrete under air curing is greater than the rates under membrane-forming compound curing and water curing. It is shown that the effect of water-to-cement (w/c) ratio on self-desiccation is significant. Lower w/c ratio tends to result in larger RH reduction. RH reduction considering both effect of diffusion and self-desiccation in early-age concrete is not sensitive to w/c ratio, but to curing method. Comparison between model simulation and experimental results indicates that the improved model is able to reflect the effect of curing on moisture diffusion in early-age concrete slabs.

scholarly journals Monitoring of the ultrasonicP-wave velocity in early-age concrete using Smart Aggregates

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 01001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cédric Dumoulin ◽  
Grigoris Karaiskos ◽  
Jérôme Carette ◽  
Stéphanie Staquet ◽  
Arnaud Deraemaeker
Keyword(s):  
Wave Velocity ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Early Age Concrete
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