STUDY ON THE HARDENING AGENT OF LIME-SAND CONCRETE

his paper introduces M and KM agents used in cement concrete successfully asearly strength agents.They are used in lime-sand concrete in the laboratory.Through the experi-ments,it is verified that both agents can increase the strength of lime-sand concrete on weaker auto-claving conditions and KMagent is better than M agent.Under the condition of this experiment,theoptimum proportion of the agents in lime-sand concrete and the optimum autoclaving schedules areexplored and the effects of saving energy of the two kinds of agents are estimated.     

THE STUDY OF ANTI-SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF THE TOP CORNER JOINTS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME WITH THE INCLUSION OF STEEL FIBRES

This paper first discusses the limited effect of steel fibre reinforcement on plain concrete and reinforced concrete. Then, making a comparison among the test results of three full-scale top corner joint assemblies of frame, in which only two of them are added with steel fibres in joint zone. The advantageous and disadvantageous influence in anti-seismic aspect is investigated after adding steel fibres in the joint zone. Finally, this paper gives an overall comment on the application future of using the steel fibres in every kinds of joint of anti-seismic reinforced concrete frame.     

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.     

Experimental analysis of strengthening effect of corroded reinforced concrete beams strengthened with bolted steel plates

In order to study the mechanical behavior of corroded reinforced concrete beams strengthened with bolted steel plates, this paper designed 12 reinforced concrete beams. These beams were corroded by using accelerated electrochemical corrosion method with a designed corrosion ratio of 10%. The pre-compression experiments were performed for all RC beams before strengthening and the maximum crack width was controlled as 0.2 mm. According to the thickness of concrete cover, the beams were divided into 3 groups. Each group was composed of one comparative beam and three tested beams strengthened by steel plates bolted with study according to the thickness of steel plates which were 3 mm, 4 mm and 5 mm, respectively. It was shown that the strain distributions along the height of the strengthened beams at middle-span were in good agreement with the plain section assumption basically. The serviceability performances of corroded RC beams were significantly improved and these ultimate bearing capacities increased obviously. The steel plate bolted with stud effectively reduced the crack width and the extension height of reinforced concrete beams. It was indicated that an increase of steel plates with 35 mm resulted in a decrease of deflection by 13%51% when beams had the same thickness of concrete cover and corrosion ratio. Influence of the thickness of concrete cover on the ultimate bearing capacity was not obvious.     

Experimental Analysis for Steel Box Concrete Composite Beam of Arch Bridge

A new steel concrete composite structure was proposed which composed of steel box beam, PC beam and PBH Shear connection. Bend test was carried out for the performance study of deformation and stress. It was found that Material advantages of steel and concrete were fully used and crack of concrete and local instability of steel box were avoided. And the deformation between steel box and concrete can be smoothed with PBH shear connection. As the calculated values showed good agreements with the test results, the proposed formulas can be reliably applied to the practice analysis. With the different parameters analysis, mechanic performance of the composite was obtained.     

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.     

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE HYDRATES AND PROPERTIES OF LIME-SAND MATERIALS

This paper summarized the previous research results of the physical-mechanical properties of the hydrated calcium silicate crystals and the relations between the hydrates and mechanical properties and durability of lime-sand materials. The key topicals of the relations between the hydrates and properties of lime-sand materials are discussed.     

CFRP筋钢筋混凝土剪力墙自复位性能试验研究

通过对1片钢筋混凝土剪力墙和4片配有碳纤维增强聚合物(CFRP)筋的剪力墙的低周反复荷载试验,在分析试验中测得的裂缝宽度、裂缝的发展和分布形态、侧向变形的基础上,研究了在钢筋混凝土剪力墙的适当位置部分或全部配置CFRP筋对剪力墙的残余裂缝和残余变形等自复位性能的影响规律。研究结果表明:与普通钢筋混凝土剪力墙相比,配有CFRP筋的剪力墙的开裂荷载较低,裂缝较多,裂缝分布分布范围较广,墙体的最大裂缝宽度、残余裂缝宽度和侧向残余变形分别降低了60%、70%和90%,说明在剪力墙中合理配置CFRP筋能使剪力墙具有优异的自复位性能。     

The Setting of Acoustic Emission Detecting Parameters in Concrete Structure

In order to solve the problem that the choice of acoustic emission (AE) parameters in concrete detection are determined only by experience, several tests were conducted. Through lead-breaking and stimulant loading tests, the reasonable value of threshold at which noise can be efficiently insulated was obtained. Through lead-breaking tests, time parameters (PDT, HDT, HLT) which fit concrete samples were obtained. The velocity and attenuation of AE signals in concrete also were measured through lead-breaking tests. This method of ascertaining detection parameters by testing is practical for AE detection in concrete structures.     

Partial Pressure Problem About Continuous Rigid Frame Bridge Anchorage Zone of Thin Concrete Box Girder Webs Carrying Large Tonnage

With continuous rigid frame bridge span increasing,cantilever construction of large tonnage anchor are also becoming more common,but local stress distribution is complicated on prestressed anchorage zone of thin concrete box girder webs by the large tonnage,which reveals its distribution of post-tensioned concrete bridge structure to be solved in the future.Based on the theory,some key points such as pressure factors,destruction and the reasons for the compression type crack were discussed in the paper.By using the North Approach continuous rigid frame concrete bridge of Yangtze River Bridge project example,the local compression strength,crack resistance and the smallest protective layer thickness of the first segment of one continuous rigid frame box girder bridge under design value Rally 4882.5 kN of No.T2 tendom,according to the local pressure formulas of Code for Design of Highway Reinforced Concrete and Pre-stressed Concrete Bridges and Culverts of China(JTG D62-2004) and Finite Element Method,were checking.Both the results verify that meets the standard requirements.The results reveal that the design of a web-Laced with horizontal steel mesh sealed off side stirrup can solve the partial pressure problem.     

Influence of Transverse Flexural Crack on Chloride Penetration in Concrete

The mechanism for chloride penetration in cracked concrete and its major impact factors were analyzed. As a result, a revised chloride diffusion model based on Fick's Law was built by dual porous medium model. Then several cracked reinforced concrete beams self-anchored with sustained flexural loads were immersed in the 5% NaCl solution with the condition of dry-wet cycles. After 15 times of dry-wet cycles, the rapid chloride testing (RCT) was used for the determination of chloride ion content of the powder at each cracked sections. The test results show that: 1) with the condition of dry-wet cycles, the chloride content will occur a peak in the surface 20mm concrete, so the depth for surface convection zone can be assumed to be 15~20 mm; 2) when the crack width is less than 0.3mm, the equivalent chloride diffusion coefficient increases steadily, which agrees well with model's prediction; when the crack width is larger than 0.3mm, the equivalent chloride diffusion coefficient augments rapidly and influence of convection on chloride penetration becomes more significant; 3) the deterioration factor for equivalent chloride diffusion coefficient in flexural cracked concrete is directly correlative with crack width, which can be expressed by second order power function or separate function.     

Experimental Analysis on Crack Initiation Stress and Rupture Energy of Marble Failure

Based on the marble conventional triaxial test data, the crack initiation stress and rupture energy under different confining pressures are analyzed. Results showed that the crack initiation position is gradually close to the peak strength point with the increase of the confining pressure. The location of the crack initiation occurs in 50% ~70% peak strength. The rupture energy and confining pressure are in positive linear relationship as well as the rupture energy and peak axial stress. And sudden increase of AE energy count corresponds with the crack initiation stress. AE energy count and cumulative energy increase quickly after the crack initiation position, which increase significantly in the crack initiation point. The crack initiation point of theoretical calculation is in good agreement with acoustic emission monitoring. Mogi-Coulomb criterion is in keeping with experimental results.     

Micromechanis Analysis of Load-transfer Mechanism is Single-fibre Fregmentation Test

The paper presented a new micomechanics load-transfer model for single-fibre fragmentation test. The interfacial shear streength and the crack will develop along the interface. The fibre stochastic strength distribution was modelled by a two-parameter Wibull distribution. The influence of the interfacial bonding strength and fibre axial-tensile strength on stress states in components of composites was discussed. The interfacial state during the fragmentation process may be one of following three states: 1) fully bonding; 2) partial bonding; 3) fully debonding; according to the fibre axialtensile strength and interfacial properties (including interfacial bounding shear strength, interfacial friction coefficient and matrix radial pressure) after elastic constants and geometrical parameters of composites phases are given. The necessary conditions for these three states were discussed- Finally, a suitable definition of the critical fibre length was given and the critical length was constrouted by two parts :debonding fibre length and bonding fibre length.     

油菜秸秆灰分混凝土与钢筋之间粘结性能研究

为了探究油菜秸秆灰分的掺入对钢筋-混凝土之间粘结性能的影响。对3种不同油菜秸秆灰分掺量的钢筋-油菜秸秆灰分混凝土试件进行中心拉拔试验,并与钢筋-普通混凝土粘结性能作对比试验。结果表明:钢筋-油菜秸秆灰分混凝土粘结强度与混凝土抗压强度呈正相关。当水胶比一定时,随着油菜秸秆灰分掺量的增加,钢筋-油菜秸秆灰分混凝土的粘结强度降低。水胶比为0.47时的钢筋-油菜秸秆灰分粘结性能与普通混凝土最为接近,为最优配合比。由试验结果可知,在承重要求较低的普通钢筋混凝土结构中,采用适量油菜秸秆灰分等量替代水泥,对于节省水泥生产能源和科学合理利用农业废弃物两方面均具有重要意义。     

Studies on the Relationship between TotalAcoustic Emission Count and Stress IntensityFactor for Rock Crack Yielded within Small Scope

Based on the crack tip microcrack density theory,a supposition that total AE count is directly proportional to the total microcrack length is proposed,a relationship between total AE count and stress intensity factor for stable crack growth is derived.With a series of experimental results,the relationship between theoretical derivation and the experimental results is compared,it shows that the theoretical derivation coincides better with the experimental results.     

BAND DAMAGING CRACK MODEL OF CONCRETE

This paper presents a fracture model of concrete,band damaging crack model (BDCM).The BDCM can be used to analyze mechanical behaviour of concrete effectively and easily.Compared with test results;numerical results calculated by the BDCM are very precise.     

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.     

Elastic_Brittle Fracture Analysis of Micro_Crackin Concrete Loaded by Stretching Stresses

The concrete is a typical brittle material.The fracture and propagating failure of the micro-crack in loaded concrete are very important problem in civil engineering.In this paper,from the equilibrium differential equations and failure criterion,the elastic-brittle static fracture analysis of the plane stress micro-crack in concrete loaded by stretching stresses was done near crack line.The relations between the stretching stresses and the length of brittle fracture zone on the crack line were obtained.     

EFFECT OF HIGH LOADS IN THE BRIDGE LOAD SPECTRUM ON FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH OF 16 Mn STEEL

This paper studies an effect of high loads in Rayleigh distribution random load-ing on fatigue crack growth wi th 16 Mn steel compact tenion specimen,The results show that thehigh loads in the load spectrum close to service load of steel bridges accelerate crack growth and re-duce crack growth life,Lives predicted with constant amplitude da/dn data and equivalent loads arequite in agreement with test lives.     

Time-variation full process mode of steel bar corrosion in concrete

This paper discusses the corrosion rate variation of reinforcing steels in concrete in constant climate environment. The corrosion current density of steel bar in concrete under a constant climate environmental condition and chloride attack. The results indicate that the corrosion rate (corrosion current density) of the steel bars is time-dependent during a corrosion process, and the time-dependent process can be divided into six phases in the full lifetime. The results also show that the effects of the concrete strength and the electrical resistivity of the concrete on the variation of the corrosion rate. This study conducts the mechanism analyses about the test results based on the microstructure of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) between the steel bars and the concrete at different corrosion levels. The growth of the corrosion layer and the corrosion cracking are the main factors influencing the corrosion process. The time-variation mode of the corrosion rate of steel bars in full process is developed.