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T1 Validation of slag-binder fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete with slag aggregate under field conditions: Durability and real strength development
A1 Ortega López, Vanesa
A1 Faleschini, Flora
A1 Pellegrino, Carlo
A1 Revilla Cuesta, Víctor
A1 Manso Villalaín, Juan Manuel
K1 Ground granulated blast furnace slag
K1 Electric arc furnace slag
K1 Fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete
K1 Core drilling
K1 Real strength development
K1 Durability performance
K1 External aggressive agents
K1 Materiales de construcción
K1 Building materials
AB The environmental conditions to which a concrete may be exposed will condition its real range of use. Thus, concrete behavior must, at all times, be verified under a wide variety of environmental conditions, in order to ensure its real applicability. In this study, the real strength development and durability behavior of a fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete is analyzed. This particular concrete incorporates 100% coarse (4/12 mm) and fine (0/4 mm) Electric Arc Furnace Slag (EAFS) as aggregate, as well as limestone fines as aggregate powder (0/1.18 mm). Furthermore, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) was also added as binder. Four mixtures with and without either metallic or synthetic fibers, and different GGBFS contents were designed. Real strength development was evaluated in all the mixes by comparing the strength development of both cores extracted from full-scale beams and wet-cured laboratory specimens. The durability behavior was analyzed by Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP), freeze/thaw, moist/dry, sulfate-attack, chloride-penetration, carbonation, and SO2-attack tests. On the one hand, the long-term mechanical properties of the cores (real conditions) were similar to the properties of the specimens cured in a moist chamber for 90 days in all the mixes. On the other, the increase in water content when adding fibers to maintain flowability, as well as the addition of GGBFS, resulted in an increase in MIP porosity. Therefore, the use of fibers, both metallic and synthetic, slightly worsened the durability behavior of the concrete, facilitating the entry of aggressive external agents. Nevertheless, the increased flexibility of the cementitious matrix when adding GGBFS was beneficial against moist/dry and sulfate-attack phenomena, despite the increase in porosity. Overall, the mixes complied with the regulatory requirements for use in aggressive environments, although the amounts of fibers and GGBFS should be carefully studied.
PB Elsevier
SN 0950-0618
YR 2022
FD 2022-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6389
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6389
LA eng
NO Spanish Ministry of Universities within the framework of the State Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability in R + D + i, State Mobility Subprogram, of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2017-2020 [PRX21/00007]; the Spanish Ministry of Universities, MICINN, AEI, EU and ERDF [grant numbers PID2020-113837RB-I00; 10.13039/501100011033; FPU17/03374]; the Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Government) and ERDF [grant numbers UIC-231; BU119P17]; Youth Employment Initiative (JCyL) and ESF [grant number UBU05B_1274]; and finally, to the University of Burgos [grant numbers SUCONS, Y135.GI] and the University of Padova.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 04-dic-2024