Unwrapped concrete prisms (70 x 70 x 260 mm in size; three prisms for each concrete mix) made with two different alkali-reactive aggregates and four different alkali contents were subjected to expansion tests at 38°C and RH > 95% (CPT-38°C tests). Appositely designed storage containers with reduced net container volume/concrete volume ratio (Vnc/Vconcrete = 2.32; one prism per container) were used. Alkali leaching was found to be very low (8-10% Na2Oeq leached) and little affected by concrete alkali content. A good correlation between alkali leaching and Vnc/Vconcrete ratio was obtained using both the data of the present study and the results of two other studies available in the literature. This suggests the suitability of the Vnc/Vconcrete ratio as a key parameter for designing reliable CPT-38°C tests.
Minimizing alkali leaching in the concrete prism expansion test at 38°C / Costa, Umberto; Mangialardi, Teresa; Paolini, Antonio Evangelista. - In: CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. - ISSN 0950-0618. - STAMPA. - 146:(2017), pp. 547-554. [10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.04.116]
Minimizing alkali leaching in the concrete prism expansion test at 38°C
MANGIALARDI, Teresa
;PAOLINI, Antonio Evangelista
2017
Abstract
Unwrapped concrete prisms (70 x 70 x 260 mm in size; three prisms for each concrete mix) made with two different alkali-reactive aggregates and four different alkali contents were subjected to expansion tests at 38°C and RH > 95% (CPT-38°C tests). Appositely designed storage containers with reduced net container volume/concrete volume ratio (Vnc/Vconcrete = 2.32; one prism per container) were used. Alkali leaching was found to be very low (8-10% Na2Oeq leached) and little affected by concrete alkali content. A good correlation between alkali leaching and Vnc/Vconcrete ratio was obtained using both the data of the present study and the results of two other studies available in the literature. This suggests the suitability of the Vnc/Vconcrete ratio as a key parameter for designing reliable CPT-38°C tests.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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