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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 83 |
| Journal | Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Mar 2022 |
Abstract
The results of compressive fatigue investigations on four high-strength concretes and their corresponding mortars are presented. The influences of coarse aggregates generally, the substitution of basalt coarse aggregate by granite, the addition of silica fume and the variation of the water to cement (w/c) ratio are investigated systematically. The numbers of cycles to failure, the developments of strain, stiffness, dissipated energy and acoustic emission hits are focused on in the analyses. The results clearly show that coarse aggregates can influence the fatigue behaviour of concretes in a negative way at higher stress levels and in a positive way at lower stress levels compared to mortars. The granite coarse aggregate decreases the adverse effect at higher stress levels due to its lower modulus of elasticity compared to that of the basalt aggregate. Silica fume improves the fatigue behaviour of concrete and mortar strongly. The increase of the w/c ratio and, thus, the increase in porosity reduces the fatigue resistance of concrete and mortar significantly, due to the weakening of the mortar matrix and of the interfacial transition zone. The results demonstrate the interaction of the coarse aggregates and the mortar matrix with their specific properties, which leads to a certain fatigue behaviour. The acoustic emission gives additional valuable strain-independent information of the damage processes occurring, possibly also on micro- and nanoscales.
Keywords
- Acoustic emission, Dissipated energy, Fatigue damage, High-strength concrete, Stiffness, Strain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Engineering(all)
- Building and Construction
- Materials Science(all)
- General Materials Science
- Engineering(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
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In: Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions, Vol. 55, No. 2, 83, 08.03.2022.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of the composition of high-strength concrete and mortar on the compressive fatigue behaviour
AU - Oneschkow, Nadja
AU - Timmermann, Tim
N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) for funding this research project. Funding Information: This research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) within the conjoint project ‘Material composition influenced damage development in high-strength concrete under cyclic loading’, project number 353530889, within the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2020 ‘Cyclic Deterioration of High- Performance Concrete in an Experimental-Virtual Lab’. Open Access funding enabled and organised by project DEAL.
PY - 2022/3/8
Y1 - 2022/3/8
N2 - The results of compressive fatigue investigations on four high-strength concretes and their corresponding mortars are presented. The influences of coarse aggregates generally, the substitution of basalt coarse aggregate by granite, the addition of silica fume and the variation of the water to cement (w/c) ratio are investigated systematically. The numbers of cycles to failure, the developments of strain, stiffness, dissipated energy and acoustic emission hits are focused on in the analyses. The results clearly show that coarse aggregates can influence the fatigue behaviour of concretes in a negative way at higher stress levels and in a positive way at lower stress levels compared to mortars. The granite coarse aggregate decreases the adverse effect at higher stress levels due to its lower modulus of elasticity compared to that of the basalt aggregate. Silica fume improves the fatigue behaviour of concrete and mortar strongly. The increase of the w/c ratio and, thus, the increase in porosity reduces the fatigue resistance of concrete and mortar significantly, due to the weakening of the mortar matrix and of the interfacial transition zone. The results demonstrate the interaction of the coarse aggregates and the mortar matrix with their specific properties, which leads to a certain fatigue behaviour. The acoustic emission gives additional valuable strain-independent information of the damage processes occurring, possibly also on micro- and nanoscales.
AB - The results of compressive fatigue investigations on four high-strength concretes and their corresponding mortars are presented. The influences of coarse aggregates generally, the substitution of basalt coarse aggregate by granite, the addition of silica fume and the variation of the water to cement (w/c) ratio are investigated systematically. The numbers of cycles to failure, the developments of strain, stiffness, dissipated energy and acoustic emission hits are focused on in the analyses. The results clearly show that coarse aggregates can influence the fatigue behaviour of concretes in a negative way at higher stress levels and in a positive way at lower stress levels compared to mortars. The granite coarse aggregate decreases the adverse effect at higher stress levels due to its lower modulus of elasticity compared to that of the basalt aggregate. Silica fume improves the fatigue behaviour of concrete and mortar strongly. The increase of the w/c ratio and, thus, the increase in porosity reduces the fatigue resistance of concrete and mortar significantly, due to the weakening of the mortar matrix and of the interfacial transition zone. The results demonstrate the interaction of the coarse aggregates and the mortar matrix with their specific properties, which leads to a certain fatigue behaviour. The acoustic emission gives additional valuable strain-independent information of the damage processes occurring, possibly also on micro- and nanoscales.
KW - Acoustic emission
KW - Dissipated energy
KW - Fatigue damage
KW - High-strength concrete
KW - Stiffness
KW - Strain
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U2 - 10.1617/s11527-021-01868-7
DO - 10.1617/s11527-021-01868-7
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VL - 55
JO - Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions
JF - Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions
SN - 1359-5997
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