Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash

The effects of using fly ash in concrete on the early-age tensile strength and the effectiveness of reactive bond breakers are concerns for applications such as tilt-up panels and lift-slabs, however, experimental data is scarce in literature. Fifteen concrete mixtures with up to 40% low-calcium fly...

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Main Author: Sarker, Prabir
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institution of Engineers, Australia 2013
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12117
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description The effects of using fly ash in concrete on the early-age tensile strength and the effectiveness of reactive bond breakers are concerns for applications such as tilt-up panels and lift-slabs, however, experimental data is scarce in literature. Fifteen concrete mixtures with up to 40% low-calcium fly ash were tested. The early-age tensile strength of fly ash concrete was found to correlate well with compressive strength. The calcium hydroxide (CH) content on concrete surface was found to vary in a wide range because of the varying distribution of aggregates. Generally, the CH content decreased with the increase of fly ash. The CH content increased with age in the control concrete while the change was relatively small for the fly ash concretes up to the age of 7 days. Thus, the reduction of CH content in concrete containing high volume low-calcium fly ash may have significant effect on the performance of bond breakers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-121172017-02-28T01:33:48Z Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash Sarker, Prabir concrete properties early-age strength low-calcium fly ash sustainability tensile strength calcium hydroxide The effects of using fly ash in concrete on the early-age tensile strength and the effectiveness of reactive bond breakers are concerns for applications such as tilt-up panels and lift-slabs, however, experimental data is scarce in literature. Fifteen concrete mixtures with up to 40% low-calcium fly ash were tested. The early-age tensile strength of fly ash concrete was found to correlate well with compressive strength. The calcium hydroxide (CH) content on concrete surface was found to vary in a wide range because of the varying distribution of aggregates. Generally, the CH content decreased with the increase of fly ash. The CH content increased with age in the control concrete while the change was relatively small for the fly ash concretes up to the age of 7 days. Thus, the reduction of CH content in concrete containing high volume low-calcium fly ash may have significant effect on the performance of bond breakers. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12117 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=662087923732496;res=IELENG Institution of Engineers, Australia restricted
spellingShingle concrete properties
early-age strength
low-calcium fly ash
sustainability
tensile strength
calcium hydroxide
Sarker, Prabir
Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
title Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
title_full Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
title_fullStr Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
title_full_unstemmed Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
title_short Early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
title_sort early-age tensile strength and calcium hydroxide content of concrete containing low-calcium fly ash
topic concrete properties
early-age strength
low-calcium fly ash
sustainability
tensile strength
calcium hydroxide
url http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=662087923732496;res=IELENG
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12117