Influence of Shrinkage Cracks on Chloride Penetration and Crabonation of Concrete

The influence of shrinkage crack on chloride ion penetration and carbonation of concrete is investigated. The concrete samples with shrinkage crack of 0.07 mm,0.1 mm,0.2 mm,0.4 mm and 0.62 mm are prepared, and both an accelerated carbonation test and Qingdao sea water corrosion test are conducted on sound concrete and cracked concretes. The depths of carbonation, the content of free chloride and total chloride in crack zone and perimeter zone of concrete are analyzed. The enperimental result shows that both free chloride and total chloride content in cracked concrete increase with the rise of the shrinkage crack width, and they are related in quadratic function. The chloride penetration velocity in crack zone is higher than that in perimeter zone of concrete. However, the increased specific surface in shrinkage crack tip improves chloride binding capacity and decreases the free chloride content in this zone. When the shrinkage crack is less than 0.07mm, the carbonation depth in crack zone is same as that of sound concrete. The chloride diffusion coefficient and the carbonation depth of cracked concrete increase limited as the shrinkage crack is less than 0.1mm, and then increase significantly with the increasing of shrinkage cracked width. Moreover, the carbonation depth in crack zone is increased by 3mm in comparison with that in perimeter zone of cracked concrete.     

Microcracking and Chloride Penetration of Concrete under Uniaxial Compression

A non-destructive method of evaluation of specific crack area was used to characterise microcracking in concrete prisms during uniaxial compression loading and unloading. Chloride profiles were also measured after the same concretes were exposed to chloride environment. The relation among microcracking, stress-strength ratio and chloride penetration of concrete were analysed based on the experimental results. Under compressive load, the apparent chloride diffusion coefficient decreases until about one third of the ultimate load. Further increase of compressive load improves the chloride diffusion coefficient again. There is a close link between microcracking and stress-strength ratio. The index of specific crack area can be used to indicate the microcracking and study chloride transport behaviour into concrete under the influence of microcracking.     

A Modified Chloride Ion Diffusion Model in Concrete

Based on the analysis of influencing factors chloride ion diffusion in concrete and the simplified model induced by Fick's second law, a chloride ion diffusion model was established, in which , the influences of water-cement ratio, humidity, time, temperature, chloride ion binding capacity of concrete and freeze-thaw cycle are taken into consideration. The Validity of the new model is verified through the comparison of results between the proposed model and the existing analytic /numerical model. Compared with the analytic model, the proposed model can consider the seasonal change of humidity and temperature,and the time-variant effect of freeze-thaw cycle.Compared with the numerical model, the computational efficiency of the proposed model is higher.     

Study on Influence of Mineral Admixture on Chloride Ion Penetration and Diffusion in Concrete

In this paper, the influences of different kinds and different amount of mineral admixture to Cl-penetration and diffusion in concrete are studied. The results of experiment show that separate addition of mineral admixture (ground fly ash, slag fines, silica fume) into concrete can improve its resistance to chloride ion penetration and diffusion. Furthermore,the effect of silica fume is the best, fly ash second, and then follows slag fines. Mechanism analysis shows that the pozzolanic effect of mineral admixture improves the interface between the cement and aggregate in concrete, reduces the total porosity, makes pores more smaller, on the other hand it increases the Cl-consolidation capability of concrete with low alkaline C-S-H gel produced. So the resistance to chloride ion penetration of concrete is improved.     

Boundary Element Method for Time-dependent Chloride Diffusion and the Chloride Distribution in Concrete

The process of chloride diffusion in concrete is time-dependent.The boundary element method (BEM) with a time-dependent diffusion coefficient is presented for chloride diffusion in concrete based on the suitable transformation of variables.The fundamental solution of the partial differential equation for time-dependent chloride diffusion in concrete is developed,and the compensation length of the diffusion field is defined as well as the compensation coefficient.The scheme of BEM with a time-dependent diffusion coefficient is developed.Two examples are given to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the presented method and the rationality and the importance of the compensation length for the method.     

Influence of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction on the Microstructure of Desalinated Pastes of Concrete

A set of installation is designed for electrochemical chloride extracting circularly on reinforced concrete.The removal efficiency is discussed using saturated Ca(OH)2 solution,saturated Ca(OH)2 0.001 mol/L Li2B4O7 solution and distilled water as electrolyte,respectively.And the microstructure of cement paste is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS).The results prove that using saturated Ca(OH)2 0.001 mol/L Li2B4O7 solution as electrolyte is more favorable to removing chloride in concrete.Treated by electrochemical desalination,the hydrated product C-S-H resolves and Ca(OH)2 in the concrete increases,too.It deposites on the wall of pores and fills in pores,and then causes the porosity to decrease,while the ratio of Ca /Si of C-S-H increases in the interface between the steel and the concrete.     

Experimental Study on Size Effect of Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams

Reinforced concrete specimens with concrete compressive strength varied from 46.5 to 50.6 MPa and with depth of cross section from 250 mm to 1 000 mm subjected to bending were tested. Size effects of flexural behavior with respect to bending capacity and deformation capacity were investigated based on the analysis of the test results and those of high-strength specimens (fcu=72.1~72.4 MPa) of which the geometry and reinforcement layouts were identical to those of specimens tested in this study. It is shown that beam depth does not has any apparent influence on nominal cracking moment, nominal yield moment and nominal ultimate moment, and that it has significant influence on displacement ductility and plastic rotation capacity of plastic hinges of members. For normal-strength concrete specimens and high-strength concrete specimens, both the displacement ductility and the plastic rotation capacity decrease with the increasing of depth in the similar ways, and are independent of concrete strength. It is also demonstrated that the lengths of plastic hinges of members with different depth and concrete strength are approximately equal to the depth.     

孔隙分形修正的混凝土中氯离子扩散系数

在已有的氯离子扩散理论和孔隙分形理论的基础上,提出小孔的孔轴线分形维数表征氯离子扩散的曲折度、大孔的孔表面分形维数修正孔隙率,并推导得到基于孔隙分形修正的氯离子扩散系数模型。通过分析龄期为14 d和28 d不同配比混凝土的基于孔隙分形的氯离子扩散系数模型的计算结果和快速氯离子扩散试验(ASTM C1202)电通量,发现两者之间有良好的线性关系。采用基于孔隙分形修正的氯离子扩散系数代入Fick第二定律的解析解,对试验后各组混凝土中不同扩散深度的氯离子浓度进行拟合,计算结果与实测值吻合情况较好。     

Chloride Transport in Splitting Cracked Concrete at Marine Tidal Zone

The chloride ion transport in concretes with different size of splitting cracks at marine tidal zone is investigated. The splitting crack widths of concrete are about 003 mm, 005 mm, 010 mm, 015 mm and 030 mm. The cracked concrete and sound concrete are placed at marine tidal zone for 30 d, and the chloride ion content in crack zone and perimeter zone of concrete, chloride ion penetration depth and steel bar corrosion area are quantitatively determined. It is shown that splitting crack will be recovered when the concrete is unloaded in split test. And the splitting crack width of concrete should be characterized by the value of displacement sensor when the concrete is unloaded in split test. The chloride ion content of cracked concrete decreases with increased depth, and then gets to remain steady from 10 mm to the inner. The relationship between chloride ion content and crack width in the steady zone can be regressed as the exponential function and the linear function for the crack zone and the perimeter zone of concrete, respectively. Due to away from the crack zone, the influence of splitting crack width on accelerated chloride ion ingression in the perimeter zone is less than that in the crack zone. When the splitting crack width is more than 005 mm, the chloride ion penetration depth in crack plane and in vertical crack plane of concrete is 50 mm and 20 mm, respectively. And the steel corrosion area enlarges with the increasing crack width. And the chloride diffusion coefficient of cracked concrete is closely related to the resistance capacity to chloride penetration of concrete, crack density (matrix width, crack width), and chloride binding capacity of concrete. When the crack density of concrete is less than 70, the chloride diffusion coefficient of cracked concrete increases with decreased crack density linearly. The chloride penetration will accelerate near the crack zone. And the raised splitting crack width will lead to its influence area in concrete increased quickly.     

Diffusion Behavior of Chloride Ions in Concrete Pipe Piles

Concrete pipe piles, whose internal surface is usually closed and external one is exposed to chloride environment, are widely used in marine environment. Based on Fick second law and the boundary condition of pipe pile, the analytical solution to chloride diffusion equation was deduced with the method of separation of variables. The solution comprises two parts: a stationary solution consisting of Bessel functions, and a transient solution. This is different from the traditional analytical solution that is based on semi-infinite boundary condition. Applying this result to a typical PHC pipe pile, the diffusion of chloride concentration was analyzed. Furthermore, the effects of the ratio of outer radius and inner radius, diffusion coefficient and protective concrete cover thickness on diffusion of chloride concentration were also discussed. When the ratio of outer radius and inner radius equals 1.5, the decay rate of secondary segment of transient solution is 4 times larger than that of the primary part. This example provides a computational basis for the corrosion of steel bar and some reference for durability design of pipe piles as well.     

Flexural toughness of hybrid fiber reinforced shotcrete

为了研究混杂纤维喷射混凝土的弯曲韧性,采用不同掺量的钢纤维和聚丙烯纤维混杂以及高炉微粉复合超叠加的方法制备600 mm×600 mm×100 mm混杂纤维喷射混凝土方板并置于刚性支撑架上,选用等位移控制对方板进行中心加载。通过生成的荷载挠度曲线及对其进行积分所得的能量吸收值综合评价各组方板的弯曲韧性,同时,通过破坏过程评价各板裂缝控制能力。试验结果表明：掺入1.2%钢纤维和0.11%聚丙烯纤维的喷射板试件的弯曲韧性优于掺入0.8%钢纤维和0.11%聚丙烯纤维的喷射板,其最大峰值荷载提高了18%,板中心挠度至25 mm时的能量吸收值也提高了25.6%;对于仅掺入0.8%单一钢纤维的板,混杂了0.11%聚丙烯纤维后,两种纤维间的正混杂效应使得板中心挠度至25 mm时的能量吸收值提高了28.5%;高炉微粉掺量的增加能提高混杂纤维喷射混凝土板的弯曲韧性;混杂纤维喷射混凝土板均展现出了良好的裂缝控制能力,板整体呈现裂而不断的延性破坏。     

Concrete with a Crack Treated by Silane Soakage

If a crack appears in marine or concrete structures due to chloride corrosion, it will be a convenient channel for the chloride to penetrate into the concrete and easily corrode the steel bars and damage the concrete. A concrete specimen with a 0.2mm wide crack was prepared. After the specimen was soaked in a silane solution, emulsion and gel, a chloride ion corrosion test was carried out. The analysis of two dimensional chloride content shows that the silane soakage treatment of cracked concrete seals the crack and prevents further corrosion.     

Simulation Analysis of Flexural Performance of Reinforced Concrete Beam in Salt-frost Environment

Considering the damage of concrete mechanical properties and bonding behavior between the steel bar and concrete after the freezing and thawing function in the numerical simulation, the nonlinear analysis on flexural performance of reinforced concrete beam which experiences different salt-frost cycles is conducted, and the evolution law of resistance performance of reinforced concrete beam is studied. It is shown that, in the salt-frost environment, the decrease of concrete mechanical properties is the main reason that causes the degeneration of RC beam on flexural performance, while the reduction of bonding property has an unobvious effect on the beam resistance performance. When the salt-frost cycles reach a certain level, the beam failure pattern would change from the under-reinforced failure to over-reinforced failure. The freeze-thaw damage of bonding property in the beam-ends anchorage zone has a certain effect on the beam resistance behavior, especially for the more serious freeze-thaw degree, the resistance performance of the beam reduces about 4% than the perfect anchor beam.     

Experimental Study on Concrete Crack Repairing by Grouting through Embedded Pipe

Repairing concrete crack through embedded pipe is a new attempt in the field of structure repairing and a preparation for a kind of intelligent concrete with self-healing capability.In this paper,the properties of fluid-modified epoxy resin containing different thinners,ethylamine and plasticizer were tested and the effect of fluid-modified epoxy resin in repairing concrete crack through embedded pipe was compared with that of conventional grouting.     

Experimental Analysis of Cracking Behavior of ConcreteBeams Reinforced with High Strength Bars

Eight concrete beams reinforced with 500MPa steel bars and four reinforced with 400MPa ultra fine grain steel bars were tested under two point symmetrical concentrated static loading to observe the details of crack pattern development on these beams and investigate their cracking characteristics. It was shown that the cracking behavior of the beams with high strength bars was essentially similar to that of common RC flexural members, whereas the computed crack widths using the formula adopted in the Code for Design of Concrete Structures GB 50010 2002 exceeded that of the experiment under the normal service. Furthermore, the formulas for crack spacing and crack width specified in GB 50010 2002 were evaluated through the experimental results and previous studies of sixty seven concrete beams reinforced with high strength bars. On the basis of the calculation model in GB 50010 2002, revised formulas for crack spacing and crack width were proposed. The values calculated by revised formulas were in good agreement with the test results.     

Calculation of Crack Space and Crack Width of Tunnel Lining Based on Elastic Foundation Curved Beam Model

Based on the elastic foundation beam,the control differential equation of tunnel lining is worked out,according to the theory of Saint-Venant,the predominance equation about the center angle to the crack space is established, then the crack space of tunnel lining under the loads can be worked out and according to the crack space,the crack width can be calculated.     

Service Life Prediction of Concrete Structures under Chloride Environment

The problems rendered from the conventional time marching, referring to stepwise time marching scheme (STMS) adopted in boundary element method (BEM) for chloride diffusion in concrete structures, were investigated, and a new time marching, referring to initial time marching scheme (ITMS) in BEM, was developed for evaluation of service life of the concrete structures under chloride environment. Results of the numerical examples show that the ITMS-BEM proposed can eliminate domain integral and simplify the computational model, so that the stability in iteration process can be improved, resulting in better efficiency and accuracy, compared with the STMS-BEM. It can also be concluded that the dimensions of the diffusion of chloride can affect the service life of the concrete structure significantly, which should be taken into account in structural design.     

Discussion on Negative Flexural Strength of Beams Including Slabs

In this paper, the provisions in different design codes and some tests on the identification of the negative strength of beams including slab-bars are compared and analyzed. The results of analysis demonstrate that the effective width of slabs is a converted width for calculation. It isn't the actual working width of the slab or the yield slab width. According to the maximum storey drift, the frames can reach, an effective width of slabs can be defined as six times the slab-thickness width on each side of the web. Considering the participation of reinforcement in slab into resistance of the beam against negative flexure, the anchorage of tension bars and the transverse reinforcement placement in slab should be taken into account to ensure the effective work of longitudinal slab bars.     

The Effect of Slabs on the Failure Mode of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures

A majority of reinforced concrete frame structure failure patterns resulting from the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan County, P. R. China were analyzed. It was found that the main failure mode of frame works was “strong beam, weak column”, which conflicts with the design criteria of “strong column, weak beam”. The cause of this failure pattern was analyzed. A new concept is put forward that should be considered in design work. The over strength caused by slabs connected monolithically to the beams is analyzed. The joint types, transverse beam stiffness and lateral drift influence the reinforcing effect of the sla, Moreover, a reinforced concrete frame model was simulated using the program ABAQUS. The slab reinforcement stress distributions at different lateral drifts were analyzed and the effective flange width value proposed.