Accelerated Assessment and Fuzzy Evaluation of Concrete Durability
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17, Issue 3
Abstract
Accelerated durability assessment is one of the promising ways to provide a sound basis for service life prediction of concrete. To follow the rapid pace of research in modern concrete technology, an effective accelerated assessment system for concrete durability with automatic control and consistent working performance is highly desired. In this paper, the general concepts and ways of implementing computerized feedback control of a multipurpose accelerated concrete durability test system are first presented and applied to frost-resistant (one of the main durability factors of concrete structures in cold regions) assessment of different concretes. The experimental investigations showed that the newly developed automatic feedback controlled system was reliable and had a promising future for the accelerated durability assessment of concretes. Second, based on the premise that the deterioration mechanisms and the surrounding aggressive environment of the concrete under consideration cannot be precisely described by classical logic, it is believed that durability assessment of concrete is indeed a decision-making process and belongs to the fuzzy logic field. Following this line of thought, a general framework of synthetic concrete durability evaluation was developed by combining the principles of various individual accelerated durability tests, such as frost resistance, water permeability, crack width, and carbonation penetration and concepts of fuzzy logic. The working examples showed that the fuzzy synthetic evaluation developed agreed well with the experimental results for concrete durability investigated.
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Acknowledgments
Financial support from grant HKUST 6226/01E is gratefully acknowledged. The writers wish to express their sincere thanks to Prof. B. Ma for his valuable suggestions on the experimental design. Thanks are also extended to Mr. W. Yang for his technical support in the circuit design and system implementation.
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Received: Apr 6, 2004
Accepted: Apr 6, 2004
Published online: Jun 1, 2005
Published in print: Jun 2005
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Note. Associate Editor: Yunping Xi
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