internal curing of high strength self consolidating concrete by saturated lightweight aggregate - effects on material properties
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self-desiccation is the major source of autogenous shrinkage and crack formation in low water-binder ratio (w/b) concretes which can be reduced by internal curing. in this paper performance of high strength self consolidating concrete (hs-scc) with w/b of 0.28 and 0.33 including autogenous shrinkage, drying shrinkage, compressive strength, and resistance to freezing-thawing was investigated. then, for the purpose of internal curing, 25% of normal weight coarse aggregate volume was replaced with saturated lightweight aggregate (lwa) of the same size and its effects on the material properties was studied. two modes of external curing, moist and sealed, were applied to test specimens after demoulding. autogenous shrinkage from 30 minutes to 24 hours after mixing was monitored continuously by a laser system. the initial and final setting time were manifested as a change of the slope of the obtained deformation curves. shrinkage after initial setting was 860 and 685 microstrain (με) for 0.28 and 0.33 w/b mixtures, respectively. the saturated lwa reduced these values to 80 and 295 με, respectively. by lwa substitution the 28- day compressive strength of 0.28 w/b mixture was reduced from 108 to 89 and 98 to 87 mpa for moist and sealed cured specimen, respectively. the corresponding values for 0.33 w/b mixture was 84 to 80 and 82 to 70 mpa. shrinkage of 0.28 w/b mixture without lwa after moist and sealed cured specimen dried for 3 weeks was about 400 μ&epsilon.; shrinkage of moist and sealed cured specimen containing lwa was reduced 9% and 25%, respectively. on the contrary for 0.33 w/b mixture an increase was noticed. freezing-thawing resistance was improved by sealed curing, decreasing w/b and substituting lwa.
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international journal of civil engineeringجلد ۱۰، شماره ۳، صفحات ۲۱۰-۲۲۱
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