Performance of Concrete Subjected to Severe Multiple Actions of Composite Salts Solution under Wet-Dry Cycles and Flexural Loading in Lab
Journal article, 2017
Several action regimes were employed, namely, those exposed to solutions containing single and/or composite chloride and sulfate salts, and under wet-dry cycles and/or flexural loading. The variations in dynamic modulus of elasticity (E-rd values) were monitored, as well as the key factor impacting on the chloride ingress when concrete subjected to multiple action regimes was identified by the method of Grey Relation Analysis (GRA). The changes in micro-structures and mineral products of interior concrete after different action regimes were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), mercury intrusion technique (MIP), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The test results showed that the cyclic wet-dry accelerated the deterioration of OPC concrete more than the action of 35% flexural loading based on the results of E-rd values and the GEA. The analyses from micro-structures could give certain explanations to the change in E-rd values under different action regimes.
wet-dry cycles
concrete
Durability
Fly-Ash
Ingress
flexural loading
Chloride Environment
Cement
Sulfate Attack
composite salts solution
grey relation analysis
Wetting Cycles
Water
Slag
Author
Y. J. Chen
Southeast University
J. M. Gao
Southeast University
Luping Tang
Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology
D. M. Shen
Southeast University
Journal Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science Edition
1000-2413 (ISSN) 1993-0437 (eISSN)
Vol. 32 4 830-837Subject Categories
Materials Engineering
DOI
10.1007/s11595-017-1676-9