Teaching “the Six”—and Beyond

Owens, Kim Hensley

doi:10.1215/15314200-2009-002

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“…Fresh concrete, or concrete in its plastic state, typically refers to concrete in the first few hours after the concrete has been batched and cast [1]. Initially, fresh concrete has very little tensile strength or stiffness.…”

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“…Any resistance or hindrances in the concrete will restrain the concrete and prevent free volume change. Such restraints typically occur in the form of reinforcing bars and/or sectional dimension changes in the concrete [1,5]. Where the fresh concrete is restrained from free volume change, tensile stresses and or strains could develop in the concrete [4,5,7].…”

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“…This phase can be defined as the loss of consistency of the plastic cement paste [12]. During this phase a short dormant period also occurs where the reaction between the cement and water is inactive [1].…”

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The tensile deformation and capillary pressure build up in fresh concrete

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During the plastic state of concrete, any hindrance or resistance of the free volume change in plastic concrete induce tensile stresses and or strains in the concrete element. Crack formation is expected to occur if the tensile stress and strain is greater than the capacity of the concrete. Investigation into the tensile properties and relaxation behaviour of plastic concrete was carried out using a direct tensile testing machine. The capillary pressure was measured during the tensile tests in low evaporation conditions, as well as in a climate controlled chamber where the concrete was exposed to high evaporation conditions. Most of the measured strength gain (tensile capacity) of the concrete is due to the capillary pressure in the pores of the fresh concrete which keeps the particles together by means of free water in the concrete during the early stiffening phase of the concrete. Later the hydration products bridge the pores which provides strength to the concrete. The capillary pressure results indicate how the rate of hydration influence the interconnectivity of the pores, and the contribution to the measured strength gain of the fresh concrete. The capillary pressure measurements during tensile tests revealed that the mechanism behind relaxation is the negative capillary pressure build-up induced by the mechanical tensile strain. The results also showed a correlation between the build-up of the capillary pressure in the concrete and the tensile deformation of the fresh concrete where the capillary pressure increased as the tensile load increased.

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confidence: 99%