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Document: 

SP135-03

Date: 

December 1, 1992

Author(s):

S.K. Hirata, D.M. Smith and M.I. Hammons

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

135

Abstract:

Thermal-related cracking in mass concrete structures can significantly increase maintenance and repair costs and decrease service life. Incremental construction thermal-stress analyses performed on a critical section of a navigation lock chamber monolith provided the basis for a study of the relationship between creep of concrete and thermal stresses during construction. Two concrete mixtures with high proportions of fly ash to portland cement (up to 50 percent fly ash) were selected for a full complement of thermal and mechanical properties testing at ages from 16 hours to 14 days. A general purpose heat-transfer an structural analysis finite element code was used in the analyses. The code incorporated a time-dependent material model as an integral part of the analysis effort. Material and mechanical properties test results were incorporated into the analyses for each mixture.

DOI:

10.14359/10032

Document: 

SP135

Date: 

December 1, 1992

Author(s):

Editors: Marwan A. Daye and C.C. Fu

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

135

Abstract:

SP135 This Special Publication contains six papers covering the areas of prediction models, effects of admixtures and cement replacement materials, relationship between creep and thermal stresses, effects of fly ash and silica fume, characteristics of carbon fiber reinforced composites, and cement-phosphogypsum mixtures.

DOI:

10.14359/14167

Document: 

SP135-02

Date: 

December 1, 1992

Author(s):

J. J. Brooks and A. Neville

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

135

Abstract:

Paper reviews the influence on creep and shrinkage of water reducers, retarders and accelerators, and superplasticizers. Few generalizations can be made. Partial replacement of cement fly ash or blast furnace slag leads to reduced creep except for early age loading. Specific properties of the materials used affect creep. Data on the use of microsilica suggest that it increases creep. Because of the paucity of data available, reliable deductions about the influence of various materials cannot be made and, in important cases, experimental determination of creep and shrinkage of concrete with the actual mix ingredients may be necessary.

DOI:

10.14359/2241

Document: 

SP135-04

Date: 

December 1, 1992

Author(s):

H. M. Marzouk

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

135

Abstract:

In recent years, considerable attention has been given to the use of silica fume as a partial replacement for cement to produce high-strength concrete. The use of silica fume high-strength concrete offers great promise for marine structures and offshore platforms. Preliminary results of creep strain measurements for 24 specimens at temperatures of 20, 10, 0, -10, and -20 C are presented. At room temperature, three stress levels were applied to the concrete specimens ranging from 25 to 75 percent of the 28-day strength at room temperature. For specimens at temperatures of 10, 0, -10, and -20 C, one stress level of 50 percent of the 28-day compressive strength of the reference specimens was applied. The results of creep at low temperatures were compared to the corresponding results at room temperature. In general, the relation of creep to stress-strength ratio at room temperature was found to be linear for silica fume concrete as the case for ordinary portland cement concrete. Test results revealed that low temperature had a minor effect on the magnitude of creep strains at temperatures between -10 and -20 C. Based on the experimental results, a basic expression for creep of silica fume concrete is suggested. Discussion of a hypothesis of the creep mechanisms is presented.

DOI:

10.14359/2259

Document: 

SP135-05

Date: 

December 1, 1992

Author(s):

P. Soroushian, M. Nagi, and E. Mustata

Publication:

Symposium Papers

Volume:

135

Abstract:

An experimental study was conducted to assess the effect of carbon fiber reinforcement on drying shrinkage strains in cementitious matrixes. Composites with different fiber lengths and volume fractions were considered in this investigation. Results indicated that shorter fibers at relatively low volume fractions tend to reduce drying shrinkage strains. The increase in fiber volume fraction does not necessarily produce further reductions in shrinkage movements, possibly due to the corresponding increase in water requirements for maintaining fresh mix workability. Longer fibers may not be as effective as the shorter ones in reducing shrinkage strains. This observation also can be attributed to the increase in water requirement with increasing fiber length. The large scatter in shrinkage test results makes it difficult to statistically derive reliable conclusions based on the limited test results generated in this investigation.

DOI:

10.14359/2268

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