Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures

This paper presents the outcome of a series of tests to determine properties of blended cement pastes and mortar mixtures using Taguchi's design of experiment approach. Fly ash (FA), water to cementitious material ratio (w/c), superplasticiser (SP) and sand to cementitious material ratio (s/c)...

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Main Authors: Lee, H., Vimonsatit, Vanissorn, Chindaprasirt, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: E J S E International Ltd. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54720
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author Lee, H.
Vimonsatit, Vanissorn
Chindaprasirt, P.
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Vimonsatit, Vanissorn
Chindaprasirt, P.
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description This paper presents the outcome of a series of tests to determine properties of blended cement pastes and mortar mixtures using Taguchi's design of experiment approach. Fly ash (FA), water to cementitious material ratio (w/c), superplasticiser (SP) and sand to cementitious material ratio (s/c) are the main parameters considered. Mixture samples were tested at varying temperatures up to 800oC. The ANOVA results and regression analysis show that an increase in FA content and w/c ratio lead to a decrease in the density of blended cement. For compressive strength development, an increase in FA content and s/c ratio decreased the compressive strength development. Within the tested levels of the parameters, the optimum mix to achieve the highest compressive strength of blended cement mixtures is 20% of FA content, 1.5 of s/c ratio, 0.35 of w/c ratio and 0.2% of SP. Increasing the content of FA and SP improved the overall residual strength, and the optimum mix design to achieve the highest residual strength is 20% of FA, 1.5 of s/c ratio, 0.35 of w/c ratio and 0.2 of SP. Based on all the test results, an empirical formula for predicting residual strength of blended cement paste and mortar is proposed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-547202017-07-27T05:22:01Z Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures Lee, H. Vimonsatit, Vanissorn Chindaprasirt, P. This paper presents the outcome of a series of tests to determine properties of blended cement pastes and mortar mixtures using Taguchi's design of experiment approach. Fly ash (FA), water to cementitious material ratio (w/c), superplasticiser (SP) and sand to cementitious material ratio (s/c) are the main parameters considered. Mixture samples were tested at varying temperatures up to 800oC. The ANOVA results and regression analysis show that an increase in FA content and w/c ratio lead to a decrease in the density of blended cement. For compressive strength development, an increase in FA content and s/c ratio decreased the compressive strength development. Within the tested levels of the parameters, the optimum mix to achieve the highest compressive strength of blended cement mixtures is 20% of FA content, 1.5 of s/c ratio, 0.35 of w/c ratio and 0.2% of SP. Increasing the content of FA and SP improved the overall residual strength, and the optimum mix design to achieve the highest residual strength is 20% of FA, 1.5 of s/c ratio, 0.35 of w/c ratio and 0.2 of SP. Based on all the test results, an empirical formula for predicting residual strength of blended cement paste and mortar is proposed. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54720 E J S E International Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle Lee, H.
Vimonsatit, Vanissorn
Chindaprasirt, P.
Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
title Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
title_full Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
title_fullStr Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
title_full_unstemmed Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
title_short Residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
title_sort residual strength of blended cement pastes and mortar exposed to elevated temperatures
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54720