Effect of Wet Screening in the Elastic Properties of Dam Concrete: Experimental In Situ Test Results and Fit to Composite Models
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 12
Abstract
This paper proposes the use of the maturity method and a two-phase composite model for the prediction of dam concrete modulus of elasticity. The methodology was validated with test results obtained from experimental in situ setup using creep cells placed in the dam’s body, subjected to variable environmental conditions. It is shown that composite models can be used to predict the modulus of elasticity of in situ dam concrete based on the modulus of elasticity of the wet-screened concrete.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to EDP-Energias de Portugal for permission to publish data relative to Baixo Sabor dam and to the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering for supporting the developed work.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Sep 22, 2015
Accepted: Apr 19, 2016
Published online: Jun 27, 2016
Discussion open until: Nov 27, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
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