Investigation on the Limitations of Accelerated Migration Test Applied to UHPFRC with Steel Fibers
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 3
Abstract
Ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is endowed with outstanding durability. The first results of accelerated migration tests with an adapted procedure highlighted a very low chloride permeability profiles for undamaged UHPFRC with organic and metallic fibers. However, some of the samples with steel fibers showed useless results in the accelerated migration tests because they presented signs of corrosion and cracks. This paper proposes to analyze by imaging the UHPFRC with steel fibers after the accelerated migration tests to better understand why some samples do not successfully pass the test. Image analyses were applied to characterize the distribution of the fibers, in terms of volume, homogeneity, and orientation. The results presents some correlation between those parameters and define some limitations on the type of UHPFRC that can be successfully characterized with accelerated migration test.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. All experimental data are presented in this paper, in Provete Vincler et al. (2019), and in the master thesis Vincler (2018). The MATLAB code used only MATLAB’s function available on https://www.mathworks.com/.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Mitacs and Research Center on Concrete Infrastructure (CRIB) for the financial support, and Thibaud Glasman, Jean-Joseph Dofara Ndomete, Vicky Turgeon-Mallette, and Mériem Dhouib for their help during the experimental tests. Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Dominique Corvez of Lafarge Holcim North America for the material donation.
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Received: Nov 11, 2019
Accepted: Jul 10, 2020
Published online: Dec 28, 2020
Published in print: Mar 1, 2021
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