The temperature field distribution and thermal stress distribution in concrete has been studied by finite elements method to establish the relationship between the thermal stress and the temperature in this paper. The results show that the maximum thermal gradient and the maximum thermal stress in the concrete appears on the direction of greater structural dimension, and the thermal stress value is positively correlated with thermal gradient or saying temperature difference and elastic modulus, and is negatively correlated with the water content and air content.
The influence of superabsorbent polymers (SAP) as internal curing stuff on the restrained shrinkage and cracking of concrete was investigated. Results show that SAP in the mortar with slag and silica fume increases the compressive train of the steel ring, but postpones the initial cracking time of the mortar from 5 days to 6.5 days and reduces the crack width by 25% at age of 28 days.
Under variable temperature curing conditions(30 oC ~70 oC), concrete with fly ash whose compressive strength, flexural strength, and dynamic elastic modulus are better than ones without fly ash.Compared with constant temperature 20oC, 50 oC and 70 oC, variable temperature curing(VTC) is benefit for the improvement of mechanical properties of 30% fly ash concrete, but which is no advantage to improve performance of 50% fly ash concrete.
Physical and mechanical properties including volume density, compressive strength and linear shrinkage of sintered clay body (SCB) mixed with sewage sludge incineration ash (SSIA) at the highest calcination temperature of 1050°C have been investigated. The result shows that 40% is the maximum percentage of SSIA in the SCB for meeting the compressive strength MU10 in the national standard GB5101-2003.
Weather resistance properties of the sintered clay body (SCB) mixed with various content of sewage sludge incineration ash (SSIA) has been investigated. The result indicates that the water absorption ratio of SCB mixed with SSIA increased linearly with the increase of the content of SSIA, while the saturation coefficient remained constant. After the freeze-thaw cycles, the SCB body mixed with SSIA showed a stable and smooth appearance. From the SEM results, the internal porosity and pore size of SCB raised significantly with the increase of content of SSIA.
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