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Jianwen Pan Y. T. Feng Feng Jin Yanjie Xu Qicheng Sun Chuhan Zhang D. R. J. Owen 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》2013,37(16):2690-2705
A meso‐scale particle model is presented to simulate the expansion of concrete subjected to alkali‐aggregate reaction (AAR) and to analyze the AAR‐induced degradation of the mechanical properties. It is the first attempt to evaluate the deterioration mechanism due to AAR using the discrete‐element method. A three‐phase meso‐scale model for concrete composed of aggregates, mortar and the interface is established with the combination of a pre‐processing approach and the particle flow code, PFC2D. A homogeneous aggregate expansion approach is applied to model the AAR expansion. Uniaxial compression tests are conducted for the AAR‐affected concrete to examine the effects on the mechanical properties. Two specimens with different aggregate sizes are analyzed to consider the effects of aggregate size on AAR. The results show that the meso‐scale particle model is valid to predict the expansion and the internal micro‐cracking patterns caused by AAR. The two different specimens exhibit similar behavior. The Young's modulus and compressive strength are significantly reduced with the increase of AAR expansion. The shape of the stress–strain curves obtained from the compression tests clearly reflects the influence of internal micro‐cracks: an increased nonlinearity before the peak loading and a more gradual softening for more severely affected specimens. Similar macroscopic failure patterns of the specimens under compression are observed in terms of diagonal macroscopic cracks splitting the specimen into several triangular pieces, whereas localized micro‐cracks forming in slightly affected specimens are different from branching and diffusing cracks in severely affected ones, demonstrating different failure mechanisms. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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M. Ahmad M. K. Ansari Rajesh Singh L. K. Sharma T. N. Singh 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》2017,35(2):827-842
Weathering and durability are the key factors of the rock in the suitability and usefulness of different construction materials, building materials and engineering structures. A single test never predicts the entire factor for suitability of rock stone and aggregate in different uses. Thus, variety of physical, mechanical and chemical tests and indices of rocks are widely used to estimate and evaluate the rocks for the suitability of the required purpose. In all the cases, knowledge of durability and weathering properties are the most important along with the strength of the rock. Micropetrographic index and rock durability indicators (dynamic and static) are the one of the best methods to evaluate the rock for weathering and durability. To estimate these indices, variety of tests are performed such as petrographic examination test, point load index, sulfate soundness test, water absorption test, modified aggregate impact value test and test for specific gravity. Slake durability index and impact strength index tests were also performed for correlation with static and dynamic rock durability indicators due to its application and usefulness in the durability and strength of the rock materials. Micropetrographic index was obtained by petrographic examination test and correlated with all the physical and mechanical properties used for find out the durability indicators. The present study is to express the usefulness of these three indices in the classification of weathering and durability classes and estimation of durability indices by slake durability index, impact strength index and micropetrographic index. 相似文献
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The production of rock aggregates for construction is the largest of the extractive industries in Britain. Natural aggregates form the main component, by volume, in the manufacture of concrete but the part played by aggregates in the durability and performance aspects of concrete is still only moderately understood. This feature summarizes the main characteristics of common aggregate in concrete, especially those leading to cracking and deterioration. Physical and mechanical causes of concrete cracking are of immense importance but are omitted from the following. The feature expands on the earlier one: ‘Concrete: a man‐made rock?’ (Geology Today, 2010, v.26, n.2). To follow is another that will continue the story by looking at chemical reactivity in concretes. 相似文献
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This article continues from the earlier feature in Geology Today (2011, v.27, n.4) and looks at the influence of chemical reactivity within concrete due to the presence of unsound aggregates or deleterious material incorporated in the aggregate used in the concrete mix. Some of the more disruptive problems from chemical unsoundness come from the presence of chlorides, which cause rusting in reinforced concrete or, sulphate attack from ground waters. Both of these reactions are relatively common in Britain. Alkali–silica reactions with aggregates and cement is not too prevalent in Britain but can be very prevalent and disruptive elsewhere in the world. 相似文献
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B.S. Gogte 《Engineering Geology》1973,7(2):135-153
A review of construction materials in India indicates that in spite of major construction activities in concrete during recent years, very little is known of the vulnerability of the Indian aggregates. With this in view, detailed laboratory investigations were carried out on a large number of samples obtained from different parts of the country. Based on these, the present paper attempts to evaluate common Indian aggregates with emphasis on their susceptibility to alkali-aggregate reactions. These studies indicate high expansion of mortars composed of some seemingly innocuous aggregates such as granites, charnockites and even quartzites. Detailed petrographic examination shows that alkali reactivity of these types is related to the strain effects present in quartz grains. It is suggested that alkali-aggregate reactivity should be viewed from new angles, i.e., the textural features observed in silica minerals should be carefully studied. 相似文献
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Concrete is a heterogeneous, multiphase, composite material, and the size and shape of the coarse aggregate used have an important influence on the rheological properties of the concrete. The aggregate is usually simulated with spherical particles in the discrete element method (DEM). However, the shape of real aggregates is uncontrolled and polytropic. Therefore, spherical particles hardly reflect the actual situation. To comprehensively analyze the rheological characteristics of self-compacting concrete (SCC), experimental and simulated tests of slump-flow and L-box tests of different performative SCC are investigated. An efficient and fast random polyhedron particle generation method is proposed to simulate the real shape of the coarse aggregate, which is close to the actual state. The slump-flow and L-box tests of SCC are simulated by using the established discrete element model and the irregular generating particle method. The slump-flow test shows that the generation method could effectively simulate the flow state of concrete, and the L-box test evaluates the passing ability of SCC. The rheological characteristics of the yield stress τ0 and plastic viscosity η are verified as Bingham model parameters, and the numerical results are perfectly consistent with the experimental results. 相似文献
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Samples of pyroclastic rocks from Abakaliki area (Nigeria) were subjected to geological and geochemical tests to determine the suitability and durability of the rocks as concrete aggregate. Petrographic analysis shows fine-grained texture and predominance of plagioclase (21–60 %) and shaley-muddy lithic fragment, while geochemical analysis classifies the rocks as alkaline. Analysis indicates that the pyroclastics would likely perform marginally well as concrete aggregates, especially in heavy Portland cement concrete and bituminous concrete. This is due to appreciably high values of natural moisture content, low bulk density, relative density and specific gravity, which suggests low durability, high voids and less aggregate absorption in concrete and bitumen mixes. The rocks are rated as moderate to high strength material on the basis of their unconfined compressive strength values, but are very likely to have low durability as buttressed by poor sulphate soundness test results, probably due to high amount of weak minerals. Analyses reveal that the Abakaliki Pyroclastics are not completely satisfactory as concrete aggregates source, despite their origin, texture, strength and economic availability. Hence, caution is required when they are used in concrete projects. 相似文献
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This work examines the environmental and geochemical impact of recycled aggregate concrete produc-tion with properties representative for structural applications.The environmental influence of cement content,aggregate production,transportation,and waste landfilling is analysed by undertaking a life cycle assessment and considering a life cycle inventory largely specific for the region.To obtain a detailed insight into the optimum life cycle parameters,a sensitivity study is carried out in which supplementary cementitious materials,different values of natural-to-recycled aggregate content ratio and case-specific transportation distances were considered.The results show that carbon emissions were between 323 and 332 kgCO2e per cubic metre of cement only natural aggregate concrete.These values can be reduced by up to 17％by replacing 25％of the cement with fly ash.By contrast,carbon emissions can increase when natural coarse aggregates are replaced by recycled aggregates in proportions of 50％and 100％,and trans-portation is not included in analysis.However,the concrete with 50％recycled aggregate presented lower increase,only 0.3％and 3.4％for normal and high strength concrete,respectively.In some cases,the rel-ative contribution of transportation to the total carbon emissions increased when cement was replaced by fly ash in proportions of 25％,and case-specific transportation distances were considered.In absolute values,the concrete mixes with 100％recycled aggregates and 25％fly ash had lower carbon emissions than concrete with cement and natural aggregates only.Higher environmental benefits can be obtained when the transportation distances of fly ash are relatively short(15-25 km)and the cement replacement by fly ash is equal or higher than 25％,considering that the mechanical properties are adequate for prac-tical application.The observations from this paper show that recycled aggregate concrete with strength characteristics representative for structural members can have lower carbon emissions than conventional concrete,recommending them as an alternative to achieving global sustainability standards in construction. 相似文献
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The treatment of landfill leachate by reverse osmosis (RO) generates huge volumes of heavily polluted concentrate that has to be properly treated before its discharge into the environment. The aim of this work was to assess the solidification/stabilization (S/S) treatment of the leachate concentrate (LC) for chemical/physical immobilization of contaminants and for obtaining durable monolithic matrix suitable for storage, landfilling, or use. In addition, the possible use of brick waste as a partial replacement of natural aggregates used for S/S process was investigated. Concrete mixtures were prepared using local PC, sand, gravel, and tap water/LC. The substitution of coarse aggregate material by brick waste was examined for the replacement ratios 25, 50, and 75%. Hardened concrete specimens were subject to compressive test as well as flexural strength test at 7 and 28 days. Besides, a leaching test was performed, and the collected eluates were analyzed for pH, total dissolved solids, chemical oxygen demand, chlorides, sulfates, phosphorus, and heavy metals. The aggregate replacement with brick waste showed various trends according to the substituted fraction size and ratio. A 28-day compressive strength of more than 25 MPa was obtained even at 50% simultaneous substitution of PC, gravel, and sand. Leaching test analysis confirmed that S/S could be a successful treatment for RO LC decreasing most of the pollutants to comply with landfilling criteria, except for chromium known to be mobile at high pH. Furthermore, the substitution of natural aggregates with brick waste revealed the possibility to cast valuable masonry units. However, a long-term assessment is still needed to ensure the mechanical and chemical stability/durability of concrete. 相似文献
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In most tropical countries, good and poor concretionary laterite gravels are distinguished solely on the basis of the aggregate impact-strength specifications of the British Standards Institute. Acceptance limits of other aggregate properties (e.g., absorption, specific gravity, etc.) require modifications, because of the peculiar structure and mineralogy of laterite gravels. This paper presents the results of a laboratory study undertaken to develop other quality-control tests and their acceptance limits to supplement the aggregate impact-strength test in evaluating the quality of laterite gravel aggregates.
Commonly used concretionary laterite gravels from across Nigeria were used for this study. The laboratory tests performed included sorption tests, density, abrasion, slake durability, Iowa pore index, aggregate impact value, wet-dry cycles and chemical composition. The test results were subjected to bivariant correlation and multivariant stepwise regression-statistical analyses.
The study revealed that the ratio of silica to oxides of iron and aluminum, which is known to have a dominating influence on the physico-mechanical properties of laterite gravels can be predicted with reasonable accuracy from the specific gravity. Similarly, abrasion resistance, aggregate impact strength (dry and wet) and durability under wetting and drying cycles can be estimated from empirical multiple-regression relations, involving simple tests such as sorption, density and Iowa pore index (pore-size indexes). These simple tests, therefore, constitute additional quality-control tests.
Four quality grades — excellent, good, fair and poor — were established on the basis of the impact strength. The limits of acceptability for each of the recommended simple quality-control test were computed from the relevant linear-regression equations. The main advantage of the proposed new quality-control tests and acceptance limits is the quantitative approach and the ability to recognize four quality grades instead of the usual two. This enables a better selection of laterite gravels for various categories of constructions. 相似文献
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提出了一种高效的混凝土细观力学预处理方法,其中包括基于背景网格的骨料投放与细观三组分的识别;建立了颗粒离散元的混凝土细观力学模型。利用该模型对不同应变率下混凝土的劈拉试验进行了数值仿真,仿真结果显示出的混凝土动力强度提高的规律以及不同应变率下混凝土的破坏模式与试验结果吻合较好。研究表明,随着应变率的提高,混凝土破坏时产生更多弥散状分布的裂纹,同时有些裂纹穿过强度较高的骨料,导致混凝土在高应变率破坏过程中消耗更多的能量,是混凝土的动力强度提高的重要原因。此外,在高应变率下,力链产生更多的分叉,空间分布的不均匀性和随机性增加,因此,在高应变率下混凝土动力强度表现出更大的离散性。 相似文献
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The goal of the research was to demonstrate the impact of thin porous interfacial transition zones (ITZs) between aggregates and cement matrix on fluid flow in unsaturated concrete caused by hydraulic/capillary pressure. To demonstrate this impact, a novel coupled approach to simulate the two-phase (water and moist air) flow of hydraulically and capillary-driven fluid in unsaturated concrete was developed. By merging the discrete element method (DEM) with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) under isothermal settings, the process was numerically studied at the meso-scale in two-dimensional conditions. A flow network was used to describe fluid behaviour in a continuous domain between particles. Small concrete specimens of a simplified particle mesostructure were subjected to fully coupled hydro-mechanical simulation tests. A simple uniaxial compression test was used to calibrate the pure DEM represented by bonded spheres, while a permeability and sorptivity test for an assembly of spheres was used to calibrate the pure CFD. For simplified specimens of the pure cement matrix, cement matrix with aggregate, and cement matrix with aggregate and ITZ of a given thickness, DEM/CFD simulations were performed sequentially. The numerical results of permeability and sorptivity were directly compared to the data found in the literature. A satisfactory agreement was achieved. Porous ITZs in concrete were found to reduce sorption by slowing the capillary-driven fluid flow, and to speed the full saturation of pores when sufficiently high hydraulic water pressures were dominant. 相似文献
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将混凝土视为骨料和砂浆组成的二相复合材料。首先建立二维骨料的随机分布模型,并改进模型骨料重叠的判断方法,在此基础上以混凝土的中性化为例,通过计算机模拟骨料随机分布对混凝土中性化时CO2扩散的延缓作用。结果表明,单个骨料的形状、大小和摆放位置都会对CO2扩散路径产生影响,而骨料集合体通过扩散路径的长度、迂曲度的变化影响扩散速度,表现为混凝土的扩散系数Da与骨料圆度?、平均粒径d和骨料含量ra具有良好的对应关系。最后,通过数值模拟确定了二维扩散中Da-?、Da-d和Da-ra的关系式,可供工程应用参考。 相似文献
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Hongyuan Liu Per‐Arne Lindqvist Urban Åkesson Shaoquan Kou Jan‐Eric Lindqvist 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》2012,36(10):1280-1302
Realistic texture‐based modelling methods, that is microstructural modelling and micromechanical modelling, are developed to simulate the rock aggregate breakage properties on the basis of the rock actual microstructure obtained using microscopic observations and image analysis. The breakage properties of three types of rocks, that is Avja, LEP and Vandle taken from three quarries in Sweden, in single aggregate breakage tests and in inter‐aggregate breakage tests are then modelled using the proposed methods. The microstructural modelling directly integrates the microscopic observation, image analysis and numerical simulation together and provides a valuable tool to investigate the mechanical properties of rock aggregates on the basis of their microstructure properties. The micromechanical modelling takes the most important microstructure properties of rock aggregates into consideration and can model the major mechanical properties. Throughout this study, it is concluded that in general, the microstructure properties of rock aggregate work together to affect their mechanical properties, and it is difficult to correlate a single microstructure property with the mechanical properties of rock aggregates. In particular, for the three types of rock Avja, LEP and Vandle in this study, crack size distribution, grain size and grain perimeter (i.e. grain shape and spatial arrangement) show good correlations with the mechanical properties. The crack length and the grain size negatively affect the mechanical properties of Avja, LEP and Vandle, but the perimeter positively influences the mechanical properties. Besides, the modelled rock aggregate breakage properties in both single aggregate and inter‐aggregate tests reveal that the aggregate microstructure, aggregate shape and loading conditions influence the breakage process of rock aggregate in service. For the rock aggregate with the same microstructure, the quadratic shape and good packing dramatically improve its mechanical properties. During services, the aggregate is easiest to be fragmented under point‐to‐point loading condition, and then in the sequence of multiple‐point, point‐to‐plane and plane‐to‐plane loading conditions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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The subgreywackes from the quarry at Alert, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada, have been found by length-change tests to have a definite potential for causing expansion of concrete by a type of alkali-aggregate reaction. The rocks are physically sound but have petrographic affinities with known alkali-expansive rocks in the maritime provinces. Rocks of this sort may be recognized by a petrographer familiar with this type of problem. 相似文献
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Sediments often occur as non‐normal size distributions composed of discrete, partially aggregated particle populations. These populations reflect provenance, dispersal pathways and their depositional environments. Recent experimental laboratory studies describing mud flocculation in turbulent marine systems prompted this investigation of the potential of aggregates to record size‐sensitive transport dynamics in a terrestrial fluvial system. Here, sediment‐size distributions in their natural condition of particle–aggregate mixtures are analysed by parametric statistics. A practical and freely available decompositional approach is outlined and field tested, which allows sediment to be viewed in both its conventional particulate form and as its naturally occurring mixture of transport‐stable aggregates and elementary particles. From a sequence of upward‐fining slack water couplets in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, it is demonstrated that the characteristics, provenance and depositional history of fine‐grained sediments consisting of particle‐aggregate mixtures can best be understood fully by quantifying aggregation. 相似文献
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In this research, the possibility of replacing different portions of the normally used aggregate by acidic rocks was investigated.
These rock types outcrop at the northern part of Eastern Desert, southwest Ras Gharib area where large quantities of good
quality acidic rocks are available their. Portland cement concrete is a composite material made up of the hydrated cement
matrix, fine aggregate and coarse aggregate. The scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analysis
system (EDX) has been applied to investigate several aspects of Portland cement concrete microstructure. The topics investigated
so far include the influence of aggregate composition on the development of the cement paste-aggregate interface and the formation
of calcium silicate hydrate CSH/calcium silicate aluminate CSA formation. The silicate gel coated the aggregates in the concrete
paste and crystallized into well defined needle like shape, cotton shape as well as euhedral to subhedral crystals of silicate/alumiante
and ettringite minerals with free lime librated from the hydrolysis process. The free lime can react again with the aggregates
leading to the formation of cementing materials which increase strength and durability of the concrete paste by increasing
the interfacial bonds between the used aggregates. 相似文献
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The report analyses the main properties pertaining to the durability of Finnish granitoid rocks, based upon extensive field and laboratory data collected during the past ten years. Commercial materials have been tested and compared along ten years of production and their frost resistance assessed according to European standards. Laboratory tests have been coupled with non-destructive methods most used on site assessment as ultra-pulse velocity and Schmidt hammer in order to compare the results of commercial materials with materials on construction site. Evaluation of durability has included petrographic analysis, crack density, and for site exposed material, chemical analysis, to understand the environmental effects on it. The material has generally maintained its original properties. It has natural heterogeneity, and it presents higher interlocked cracking network on the surface of the exposed materials. Site samples in some cases have shown chemical changes due to environmental actions. 相似文献