Creep Behavior of Self-Compacting Rubberized Concrete at Early Age
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 3
Abstract
Self-compacting rubberized concrete (SCRC) is an excellent environment-friendly material that can be applied well in road and bridge engineering. In this study, the tensile and compressive creep performance of SCRC at early age were investigated by using the universal testing machine (UTM) and temperature stress testing machine (TSTM). In particular, the tensile creep at different ages, stress levels, and temperatures corresponding to different stages in the cracking process were analyzed. The results indicate that both the tensile and compressive creep deformation of SCRC increase obviously with the increasing rubber content at different temperatures, loading age, and stress level. Creep increase at early age is more significant in SCRC. The compressive and tensile creep coefficient of SCRC also increase with the increase of rubber content. Finally, the compressive and tensile creep of SCRC can be simulated well by the double power law (DPL) model. Therefore, the creep increase is also the reason for cracking risk reduction of SCRC.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
Authors appreciate the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1706222 and 52008097), the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of China (51738004), Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds (2020Z029), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2020M671298).
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Received: Jan 7, 2021
Accepted: Jun 21, 2021
Published online: Dec 23, 2021
Published in print: Mar 1, 2022
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