Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack

In this paper, the corrosion experiment of concrete showed that the length and orientation of cracks, as well as their propagation direction are randomly distributed. By virtue of SEM and XRD techniques, the growth of delayed ettringite was detected, which leads to expansion stress and then induces...

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Main Authors: Yao, J., Chen, J., Lu, Chunsheng
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75827
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author Yao, J.
Chen, J.
Lu, Chunsheng
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Chen, J.
Lu, Chunsheng
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description In this paper, the corrosion experiment of concrete showed that the length and orientation of cracks, as well as their propagation direction are randomly distributed. By virtue of SEM and XRD techniques, the growth of delayed ettringite was detected, which leads to expansion stress and then induces the nucleation and propagation of cracks. To investigate the statistical characteristics of cracks, the concept of information entropy was adopted. Furthermore, based on the entropy evolution at different corrosion times and the chemical reaction rate of delayed ettringite, a model for entropy evolution was proposed. It is shown that the normalized entropy exponentially increases with the non-dimensional corrosion time.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-758272019-06-24T05:49:39Z Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack Yao, J. Chen, J. Lu, Chunsheng Science & Technology Technology Construction & Building Technology Engineering, Civil Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Engineering Materials Science Concrete Sulfate attack Surface cracks Information entropy Damage evolution DAMAGE EXPANSION MECHANISM MORTARS MODEL In this paper, the corrosion experiment of concrete showed that the length and orientation of cracks, as well as their propagation direction are randomly distributed. By virtue of SEM and XRD techniques, the growth of delayed ettringite was detected, which leads to expansion stress and then induces the nucleation and propagation of cracks. To investigate the statistical characteristics of cracks, the concept of information entropy was adopted. Furthermore, based on the entropy evolution at different corrosion times and the chemical reaction rate of delayed ettringite, a model for entropy evolution was proposed. It is shown that the normalized entropy exponentially increases with the non-dimensional corrosion time. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75827 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.03.083 English ELSEVIER SCI LTD restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Civil
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
Materials Science
Concrete
Sulfate attack
Surface cracks
Information entropy
Damage evolution
DAMAGE
EXPANSION
MECHANISM
MORTARS
MODEL
Yao, J.
Chen, J.
Lu, Chunsheng
Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
title Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
title_full Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
title_fullStr Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
title_full_unstemmed Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
title_short Entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
title_sort entropy evolution during crack propagation in concrete under sulfate attack
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Construction & Building Technology
Engineering, Civil
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Engineering
Materials Science
Concrete
Sulfate attack
Surface cracks
Information entropy
Damage evolution
DAMAGE
EXPANSION
MECHANISM
MORTARS
MODEL
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75827