Journal
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 26-32Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2012.05.003
Keywords
Concrete; Sulfate attack; Chloride; Expansion; Delayed ettringite; Damage evolution
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This paper describes an experimental study on the expansion and subsequent damage of concrete specimens immersed in pure water, sulfate solutions of different sulfate concentrations, and mixed solutions of different sulfate and chloride concentrations. Based on experimentally obtained results, a theoretical expansion model is proposed for predicting the stresses, strains and volume expansion developed during the process of sulfate attack. The model proposed is based on the assumption that concrete may be treated as a porous visco-elastic material, and was developed by using a micromechanics approach method. The internal expansion force produced by delayed ettringite and gypsum is considered as the main cause of the expansion. The expansion model was validated using the experimental results obtained. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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