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On the internal frost resistance of self-compacting concrete, with and without polypropylene fibres

Persson, Bertil LU (2006) In Materials and Structures vol 39(no 291, August). p.707-716
Abstract
In this article experimental and numerical studies of internal frost resistance of self-compacting and normal concrete, with and without fibres, are outlined. For this purpose self-compacting concrete with low water-cement ratio was studied, with varying amounts of filler, crystalline or sedimentary, different pouring pressures and different mixing procedure with two ages at the start of testing. The concrete was frozen twice a day at ±20°C all around the specimen up to 300 cycles. Measurement of length, weight and internal fundamental frequency were performed at the start of testing, at 100 cycles and at 300 frost cycles. Tests were also carried out on submerged cast self-compacting concrete and on self-compacting concrete with fibres. In... (More)
In this article experimental and numerical studies of internal frost resistance of self-compacting and normal concrete, with and without fibres, are outlined. For this purpose self-compacting concrete with low water-cement ratio was studied, with varying amounts of filler, crystalline or sedimentary, different pouring pressures and different mixing procedure with two ages at the start of testing. The concrete was frozen twice a day at ±20°C all around the specimen up to 300 cycles. Measurement of length, weight and internal fundamental frequency were performed at the start of testing, at 100 cycles and at 300 frost cycles. Tests were also carried out on submerged cast self-compacting concrete and on self-compacting concrete with fibres. In reference tests normal concrete was studied in parallel. In general self-compacting concrete behaved well or better than normal concrete to internal frost except for the submerged cast concrete, where large segregation occurred and low internal frost resistance followed. The main reasons for low internal frost resistance in submerged applications were probably differences in water-cement ratio in the casting due to cement, water or/and aggregate segregation. Polypropylene fibres in concrete seemed to prohibit the movement of water in the air void system so that a sudden internal collapse occurred before 300 frost cycles. (Less)
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Polypropylenes, Numerical methods, Water, Cements, Filler metals, Segregation (metallography), Crystalline materials, Compaction, Concretes, Frost resistance
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Materials and Structures
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vol 39
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no 291, August
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707 - 716
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Springer
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  • scopus:33747115793
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1359-5997
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10.1617/s11527-006-9116-x
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English
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  author       = {{Persson, Bertil}},
  issn         = {{1359-5997}},
  keywords     = {{Polypropylenes; Numerical methods; Water; Cements; Filler metals; Segregation (metallography); Crystalline materials; Compaction; Concretes; Frost resistance}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{no 291, August}},
  pages        = {{707--716}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Materials and Structures}},
  title        = {{On the internal frost resistance of self-compacting concrete, with and without polypropylene fibres}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-006-9116-x}},
  doi          = {{10.1617/s11527-006-9116-x}},
  volume       = {{vol 39}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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