Investigating the Effect of the Capillary Pore Pressure on Plastic Shrinkage of Concrete Mixtures Containing Silica Fume and Metakaolin and Its Relation with Early-Age Tensile Strength

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

2 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering and Construction Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

4 M.Sc. of Engineering and Construction Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Plastic shrinkage occurs in fresh concrete usually within few hours after mixing the concrete and risk of its cracks endangered concrete structures especially in the elements with high surface to volume ratio such as slabs or highway pavement. An experimental investigation on capillary pore pressure, tensile strength and plastic shrinkage of concrete is presented here. The aim of research is to study the relationship between capillary pore pressure build up in concretes, early age tensile strength and plastic shrinkage strain. Capillary pore pressure apparatus was created for the first time in Iran for this research. Test was done in a climate chamber with the constant evaporation rate of 0.7 kg/m²/h .Eight types of concrete in two categories such as normal concrete and self-consolidating concrete were tested including mixture without any mineral admixtures and containing of pozzolanic materials such as silica fume and metakaolin. The results indicated that there is no strong relationship between capillary pore pressure and plastic shrinkage strain and it can be concluded that other parameters such as tensile strength development can play an important role in the plastic state of concrete. However, it should be mentioned that capillary pressure is the main cause and driving force of concrete shrinkage and the onset of capillary pressure is directly related to the onset of shrinkage. The results also showed that early age tensile strength can be effective factor in controlling cracks of concrete. No cracks appeared in the mixtures containing of silica fume and metakaolin in comparison with the reference mixture. However capillary pore pressure in these mixtures was higher than pressure in the reference mixture.

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New Approaches in Civil Engineering
Volume 3, Issue 2
September 2019
Pages 76-92

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