Experimental Study on the Relationship between Permeability and Strength of Pervious Concrete
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 11
Abstract
Pervious concrete is widely used in various fields because of its high permeability. Strength and permeability are two important design parameters for pervious concrete, but limited research has been conducted so far on their mutual relationship. A series of laboratory tests are carried out to demonstrate the effects of water–cement ratio, aggregate–cement ratio, and porosity on the properties of pervious concrete including strength and permeability in this study. In addition, a modified permeability testing method for pervious concrete is developed, as the existing permeability testing devices for pervious concrete have not considered the specimen–container interface leakage induced by the large number of open pores on the surface of specimen, thus affecting the testing precision of permeability.
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Acknowledgments
This work is supported by the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shandong Province (No. JQ201416), the Natural Science Foundations of China (Nos. 51479105 and 51379115), and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China (NCET-13-0340).
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29 • Issue 11 • November 2017
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Received: Sep 14, 2016
Accepted: Apr 28, 2017
Published online: Aug 30, 2017
Published in print: Nov 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jan 30, 2018
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