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<p>The surface scaling of low CO<sub>2</sub>-emission High Performance Concretes (HPC) was studied in freeze/thaw performance tests with a 3 mm layer of 3% NaCl on the surface to investigate whether such concretes can be made frost durable without air entrainment. Four different non-air entrained silica fume (SF)-fly ash concrete mixes with w/b = 0.30 – 0.35 with 91d strengths >100 MPa were investigated after 3 different curing conditions (Normal, Dried, Wrapped). The w/b=0.30 CEM IIA reference mix without additional FA had lowest scaling following all curing conditions. However, all 4 mixes at all 3 curing conditions had severe internal damage. Liquid Uptake (LU) during freeze/thaw related best to internal damage. The correlation between LU-scaling and strain-scaling was very good for wrapped curing which also showed high internal damage. We therefore suggest proceeding in modelling simultaneous salt scaling and internal damage.</p>
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The surface scaling of low CO2-emission High Performance Concretes (HPC) was studied in freeze/thaw performance tests with a 3 mm layer of 3% NaCl on the surface to investigate whether such concretes can be made frost durable without air entrainment. Four different non-air entrained silica fume (SF)-fly ash concrete mixes with w/b = 0.30 – 0.35 with 91d strengths >100 MPa were investigated after 3 different curing conditions (Normal, Dried, Wrapped). The w/b=0.30 CEM IIA reference mix without additional FA had lowest scaling following all curing conditions. However, all 4 mixes at all 3 curing conditions had severe internal damage. Liquid Uptake (LU) during freeze/thaw related best to internal damage. The correlation between LU-scaling and strain-scaling was very good for wrapped curing which also showed high internal damage. We therefore suggest proceeding in modelling simultaneous salt scaling and internal damage.

Frost-salt Testing Non-air Entrained High-Performance Fly-ash Concrete. Part I: Relations Liquid uptake - Internal Cracking – Scaling

University for Continuing Education Krems

Dept. of Knowledge and Communication Management

Department of Architecture, Materials, and structures

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Nordic Concrete Research

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The surface scaling of low CO2-emission High Performance Concretes (HPC) was studied in freeze/thaw performance tests with a 3 mm layer of 3% NaCl on the...

Frost-salt Testing Non-air Entrained High-Performance Fly-ash Concrete. Part I: Relations Liquid uptake - Internal Cracking – Scaling

Published Online: Jul 05, 2024

Page range: 25 - 42

Received: Dec 15, 2023

Accepted: Jun 17, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ncr-2023-0015

Keywords
Low carbon concrete, Frost salt scaling, Liquid uptake, Internal damage

© 2024 Iman Asadi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Frost-salt Testing Non-air Entrained High-Performance Fly-ash Concrete. Part I: Relations Liquid uptake - Internal Cracking – Scaling

Published Online: Jul 05, 2024

Page range: 25 - 42

Received: Dec 15, 2023

Accepted: Jun 17, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ncr-2023-0015

KeywordsLow carbon concrete, Frost salt scaling, Liquid uptake, Internal damage

© 2024 Iman Asadi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Low carbon concrete, Frost salt scaling, Liquid uptake, Internal damage