Thermo-mechanical simulations of early-age concrete cracking with durability predictions

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F17%3A00334027" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/17:00334027 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/236/1/012052" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/236/1/012052</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/236/1/012052" target="_blank" >10.1088/1757-899X/236/1/012052</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Thermo-mechanical simulations of early-age concrete cracking with durability predictions

Original language description

Concrete performance is strongly affected by mix design, thermal boundary conditions, its evolving mechanical properties, and internal/external restraints with consequences to possible cracking with impaired durability. Thermo-mechanical simulations are able to capture those relevant phenomena and boundary conditions for predicting temperature, strains, stresses or cracking in reinforced concrete structures. In this paper, we propose a weakly coupled thermo-mechanical model for early age concrete with an affinity-based hydration model for thermal part, taking into account concrete mix design, cement type and thermal boundary conditions. The mechanical part uses B3/B4 model for concrete creep and shrinkage with isotropic damage model for cracking, able to predict a crack width. All models have been implemented in an open-source OOFEM software package. Validations of thermo-mechanical simulations will be presented on several massive concrete structures, showing excellent temperature predictions. Likewise, strain validation demonstrates good predictions on a restrained reinforced concrete wall and concrete beam. Durability predictions stem from induction time of reinforcement corrosion, caused by carbonation and/or chloride ingress influenced by crack width. Reinforcement corrosion in concrete struts of a bridge will serve for validation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/TE01020168" target="_blank" >TE01020168: Centre for Effective and Sustainable Transport Infrastructure (CESTI)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Building up Efficient and Sustainable Transport Infrastructure 2017 (BESTInfra2017)

ISBN

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ISSN

1757-8981

e-ISSN

1757-899X

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1-7

Publisher name

IOP Publishing Ltd

Place of publication

Bristol

Event location

Praha

Event date

Sep 20, 2017

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000417428700052