• Title of article

    Chemo-mechanicalcouplingbehaviourofleachedconcrete:PartI:ExperimentalresultsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    V.H.Nguyen، نويسنده , , H.Colina، نويسنده , , J.M.Torrenti، نويسنده , , C.Boulay، نويسنده , , B.Nedjar، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    2083
  • To page
    2089
  • Abstract
    Thispaperdealswithconcretebehaviourunderchemicalandmechanicaldegradations.Experimentalinvestigationsaredescribedwheretheeffectsofthecalciumleachingprocessofconcreteonitsmechanicalpropertiesarehighlighted.Thecalciumleachingandmechanicaltestsoncementpaste,mortarandconcretesamplesarepresented.Becauseoftheslowkineticsofleachingunderdeionisedwater,anacceleratedmethodhasbeenchosenbyusinganammoniumnitratesolutioninstead.Thespecimensareimmersedintoa6mol/lammoniumnitratesolutionwithacontrolledpHdisposal.Toquantifytheleachingevolution,thedegradationdepthisthenmeasuredatcertaintimeintervalsbymeansofaphenolphthaleinsolution.Theexperimentalresultsshowthechemicaldegradationofthecement-basedmaterialandtheimportantroleofaggregateinthecalciumleachingprocessofconcrete.Compressiontestsofconcretesamplesarealsoperformed.Weobservethatthereisastrongcouplingbetweenthecalciumleachingandthemechanicalbehaviour;asleachinggrows,alossofstiffnessandofstrengthareobservedandasmootherpost-peakbehaviourisnoted.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941375