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| Advances in Concrete Construction Volume 5, Number 5, October 2017, pages 513-537 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2017.5.5.513 | |
Fracture toughness of high performance concrete subjected to elevated temperatures Part 2 The effects of heating rate, exposure time and cooling rate | |
Binsheng Zhang, Martin Cullen and Tony Kilpatrick
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| Abstract [Full Text] | |
| In this study, the fracture toughness KIC of high performance concrete (HPC) was investigated by conducting three-point bending tests on a total of 240 notched beams of 500 mmx100 mmx100 mm subjected to heating temperatures up to 450oC with exposure times up to 16 hours and various heating and cooling rates. For a heating rate of 3oC/min, KIC for the hot concrete sustained a monotonic decrease trend with the increasing heating temperature and exposure time, from 1.389 MN/m1.5 at room temperature to 0.942 MN/m1.5 at 450oC for 4-hour exposure time, 0.906 MN/m1.5 for 8-hour exposure time and 0.866 MN/m1.5 for 16-hour exposure time. For the cold concrete, KIC sustained a two-stage decrease trend, dropping slowly with the heating temperature up to 150oC and then rapidly down to 0.869 MN/m1.5 at 450oC for 4-hour exposure time, 0.812 MN/m1.5 for 8-hour exposure time and 0.771 MN/m1.5 for 16-hour exposure time. In general, the KIC values for the hot concrete up to 200oC were larger than those for the cold concrete, and an inverse trend was observed thereafter. The increase in heating rate slightly decreased KIC, and at 450oC KIC decreased from 0.893 MN/m1.5 for 1oC/min to 0.839 MN/m1.5 for 10oC/min for the hot concrete and from 0.792 MN/m1.5 for 1oC/min to 0.743 MN/m1.5 for 10oC/min for the cold concrete after an exposure time of 16 hours. The increase in cooling rate also slightly decreased KIC, and at 450oC KIC decreased from 0.771 MN/m1.5 for slow cooling to 0.739 MN/m1.5 for fast cooling after an exposure time of 16 hours. The fracture energy-based fracture toughness KIC\' was also assessed, and similar decrease trends with the heating temperature and exposure time existed for both hot and cold concretes. The relationships of two fracture toughness parameters with the weight loss and the modulus of rapture were also evaluated. | |
| Key Words | |
| HPC; fracture toughness; exposure time; heating rate; cooling rate; weight loss | |
| Address | |
| Binsheng Zhang, Martin Cullen and Tony Kilpatrick: School of Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, Scotland, UK | |
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