Water Transport in Concrete Damaged by Tensile Loading and Freeze–Thaw Cycling
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 18, Issue 3
Abstract
In service, concrete can develop cracks or microcracks that can influence the transport of liquids and ions. This paper describes an investigation of fluid transport in concrete damaged by tensile loading or freeze–thaw cycling. Acoustic emission was used to quantify the extent of damage in the specimens exposed to tensile loading while resonant frequency was used to quantify the extent of damage in the specimens exposed to freezing and thawing. Water absorption was measured in the damaged concrete. The presence of freeze–thaw damage increased both the initial sorptivity and total water absorption. Electrical conductivity was measured and found to increase in a bilinear fashion with freeze–thaw damage. A knee point in the electrical conductivity versus freeze–thaw damage curve was observed when the dynamic modulus degraded to 75% of its initial value, which appears to correspond with the coalescence of cracking. Mechanical loading was found to only increase water absorption on a local level, but it did not substantially influence the overall water absorption.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to acknowledge support received from the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration through the Joint Transportation Research Program (SPR-2474). In addition, the second author acknowledges the support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Grant No. 0134272, a career award. This work was conducted in the Materials Sensing and Simulation Laboratories, and as such the authors gratefully acknowledge the support that has made this laboratory and its operation possible.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 18 • Issue 3 • June 2006
Pages: 424 - 434
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Received: Jul 21, 2004
Accepted: Jul 6, 2005
Published online: Jun 1, 2006
Published in print: Jun 2006
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