The freeze-thaw(FT)behavior of porous materials(PMs)involves the coupling of the thermo-hydromechanical(THM)processes and is significantly influenced by the microstructure.However,modeling FT in unsaturated PMs remain...The freeze-thaw(FT)behavior of porous materials(PMs)involves the coupling of the thermo-hydromechanical(THM)processes and is significantly influenced by the microstructure.However,modeling FT in unsaturated PMs remains an open issue,and the influence of microstructure is not yet fully understood.To address these challenges,we propose a THM model for FT in PMs that considers microstructure and variable air content.In this work,a non-equilibrium thermodynamic approach is proposed to capture ice formation/melting,the microstructure is accounted for utilizing micromechanics,and the FT processes in air-entrained PMs are formulated within the proposed THM model.This model incorporates variable air void characteristics,e.g.air content,spacing factor,specific surface area,and supercooled water-filled regimes,and distinguishes the roles of air voids between freezing and thawing.The FT behaviors,including deformation,ice formation/melting,spacing factor,and pore water pressure evolutions,are focused.Comparisons with experimental results,confirm the capability of the present model.The results demonstrate the effects of variable air voids on the FT behavior of air-entrained PMs.The findings reveal that assuming fixed air void characteristics can lead to underestimation of pore pressure and deformation,particularly at low air content.Additionally,air voids act as cryo-pumps during freezing and when the cooling temperature stabilizes.During thawing,air voids supply gas to the melting sites(i.e.“gas escape”),preventing further significant deformation reduction.These results can provide novel insights for understanding the frost damage of PMs.展开更多
Chemical admixtures are of paramount importance to the performance of modern cement based composites. In this paper, we performed a series of tests to investigate the effects of chemical admixtures on the cement aspha...Chemical admixtures are of paramount importance to the performance of modern cement based composites. In this paper, we performed a series of tests to investigate the effects of chemical admixtures on the cement asphalt mortar(CA mortar), i e, compressive strength, frost resistance, permeability, fatigue resistance, pore structure and microstructure. In particular, two types of chemical admixtures were tested, i e, defoamer(tributyl phosphate(TBP)) and polycarboxylate superplasticizer(PS). The results indicate that the addition of TBP and PS eliminates big bubbles and promotes small non-connected pores forming in matrix. Besides, an optimum dosage of TBP and PS may be determined with respect to the frost resistance, permeability and fatigue resistance of CA mortar. Further elaborative discussions are presented as well as experimental evidences from mercury intrusion porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy.展开更多
A preloading frame is firstly designed to accurately apply external flexural stress to concrete specimens. Then a method is developed to measure one and two dimensional (1D and 2D) chloride ion concentrations at diffe...A preloading frame is firstly designed to accurately apply external flexural stress to concrete specimens. Then a method is developed to measure one and two dimensional (1D and 2D) chloride ion concentrations at different distances from the surface of concrete under flexural stress. Using this method and the preloading frame, 1D and 2D stress-diffusion is systematically investigated for fly ash concretes made with different fly ash contents (0%, 10%, 20%, 40%, and 60%), and water to binder ratios (0.3, 0.35, and 0.4). The stress accelerating effect on 1D and 2D chloride ion diffusion is also quantitatively analyzed through a comparison between stress-diffusion and nonstress-diffusion. A diffusion accelerating effect caused by external flexural stress can clearly be observed through the comparison. In order to quantify the stress accelerating effect, a stress accelerating factor is proposed in this paper. The relationship between stress accelerating factor and external stress-to-ultimate stress ratio is given as an exponential function. Finally, the process of the initiation, prorogation, and distribution of microcracks on the tensile face of specimen is observed in-situ by using a small-sized loading frame and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The above research provides an insight into chloride attack on the edge reinforcing bars of concrete structures under flexural stress, such as large-span beam and board in the field of civil engineering.展开更多
2D,3D chloride ion concentration at the edge and corner zones were systematically investigated for fly ash concretes made with different cement replacement percentage by fly ash （0%,10%,20%,40%,60%）,water to binder ...2D,3D chloride ion concentration at the edge and corner zones were systematically investigated for fly ash concretes made with different cement replacement percentage by fly ash （0%,10%,20%,40%,60%）,water to binder ratios （0.3,0.35,0.4）,and curing ages （28 d,90 d）.An interaction effect caused by 2D and 3D diffusion could obviously be observed through the comparison with 1D testing results.In order to quantify the interaction effect,2D and 3D diffusion interaction coefficients was proposed in this paper.Finally,the changes of 2D and 3D interaction coefficients with the change in the free chloride ion concentration were given.The above research provide an insight into chloride ion attack on the edge and corner reinforcing bars of concrete structures in the field of civil engineering.展开更多
A series of tests were performed to investigate the macroscopic properties and the stabilization mechanism of calcium lignosulphonate modified expansive soil.Compared with natural soil,soil modified by 4%calcium ligno...A series of tests were performed to investigate the macroscopic properties and the stabilization mechanism of calcium lignosulphonate modified expansive soil.Compared with natural soil,soil modified by 4%calcium lignosulphonate showed 56.5%increased 28 days unconfined compressive strength and 23.8%decreased free expansion rate.The X-ray diffraction analysis results indicate the existence of cation exchange and the reduction of montmorillonite interplanar spacing.The X-computed tomography results demonstrate that calcium lignosulphonate decreased the porosity and optimized the pore distribution.The calcium lignosulphonate also increased the stability of the suspension system according to the Zeta potential results.Moreover,the results of rheological tests show that the moderate amount of calcium lignosulphonate enhanced the yield stress and the plastic viscosity,proving the formation of a strong connection between soil particles.展开更多
Three types of pure geopolymer pastes （poly-sialate PS, poly- sialate-siloxo PSS, and poly- sialate-siloxo PSDS） were first prepared by alkali （NaOH and KOH） activated metakaolin. Then a void space network was emp...Three types of pure geopolymer pastes （poly-sialate PS, poly- sialate-siloxo PSS, and poly- sialate-siloxo PSDS） were first prepared by alkali （NaOH and KOH） activated metakaolin. Then a void space network was employed to simulate the 3-D pore-throat distribution across the unit cell of the various hardened geopolymer pastes with reference to their experimental mercury intrusion curves. Based on the simulated 3-D pore-throat structure models, a wide range of pore-level properties such as porosity, connectivity, permeability and tortuosity of various geopolymer pastes were calculated. The 3-D structural model and calculated parameters showed that most of the pores in Na-PS geopolymer paste was very small size pores ranging from 0 to 100 nm. A few very large pores were spread amongst the small pores, resulting in a very high penetration pressure, permeability resistance. Unlike Na-PS geopolymer paste, pore size with medium size of Na-PSS, K-PS and K-PSS geopolymer pastes distributed uniformly across the unit cell, and the size changes of adjacent pores in the 3 geopolymer pastes were little, producing higher penetration pressure, lower permeability, smaller connectivity and larger tortuosity. In contrast, pores in Na-PSDS and K-PSDS geopolymer pastes were relatively large and distributed concentratively, which caused samples to be easily penetrated by mercury, methane and nitrogen etc under relatively low pressures.展开更多
In order to investigate the influence of three key molar ratios （n（SiO2）/n（Al2O3）, n（K2O）/n（Al2O3） and n（H2O）/n（K2O））, a total of nine potassium poly-sialate-disiloxo （K-PSDS） geopolymeric cement matri...In order to investigate the influence of three key molar ratios （n（SiO2）/n（Al2O3）, n（K2O）/n（Al2O3） and n（H2O）/n（K2O））, a total of nine potassium poly-sialate-disiloxo （K-PSDS） geopolymeric cement matrices were designed according to orthogonal design principle. Subsequently, XRD, ESEM-EDXA and MAS-NMR techniques were employed to further characterize the microstructure of the most fully reacted geopolymeric cement matrix. The experimental results show that n（K2O）/n（Al2O3） has the most significant effect on compressive strength amongst the three ratios. The highest compressive strength （20.1 MPa） can be achieved when n（SiO2）/n（Al2O3）=6.5, n（K2O）/n（Al2O3）=0.8 and n（HEO）/n（K2O）=10.0. The FTIR spectra of nine PSDS geopolymeric cement matrices also indicate that geopolymeric cement matrix with the highest strength is the most fully reacted one and possesses the largest amount of geopolymeric cement products. The microscopic analysis reveals that PSDS geopolymeric cement matrix possesses structural characteristics similar to gel substances in having a wide range of Si endowments, but predominantly the framework molecular chains of Si partially replaced by 4-coordinated Al tetrahedral.展开更多
In order to investigate water and chloride ion transport in damaged concrete, three types of concrete were prepared, freeze-thawing（F-T） cycling and compressive loading were adopted to induce damage to concrete. Ult...In order to investigate water and chloride ion transport in damaged concrete, three types of concrete were prepared, freeze-thawing（F-T） cycling and compressive loading were adopted to induce damage to concrete. Ultrasonic pulse velocity technique was used for evaluating the damage degree of concrete, and the defects of damaged concrete were also detected by X-CT. Water absorption and chloride ion penetrability were used for describing the transport properties of damaged concrete. Effects of damage degree on the water absorption rate and chloride ion penetrability were investigated in detail and the relationships were also established. The results show that the water absorption of concrete makes various responses to damage degree due to the difference of concrete type and damage method. For same concrete with similar damage degree, the water absorption rate of F-T damaged concrete is usually larger than that of concrete damaged by loading. The chloride ion penetrability of damaged concrete increases linearly with increasing damage degree, which is more sensitive to damage degree if the original penetrability of sound concrete is higher.展开更多
The applicability of ultrasonic pulse velocity （UPV） method to in-situ monitor setting and hardening process of foamed concrete （FC） was systematically investigated. The UPVs of various FC pastes were automaticall...The applicability of ultrasonic pulse velocity （UPV） method to in-situ monitor setting and hardening process of foamed concrete （FC） was systematically investigated. The UPVs of various FC pastes were automatically and continuously measured by a specially designed ultrasonic monitoring apparatus （UMA）. Ultrasonic tests were performed on FC mixtures with different density （300, 500, 800 and 1 000 kg/m3）, and different fly ash contents （0%, 20%, 40% and 60%）. The influence of curing temperatures （20, 40, 60 and 80~C） was also studied. The experimental results show that three characteristic stages can be clearly identified during the setting process of an arbitrary FC paste： dormant stage, acceleration stage, and deceleration stage. Wet density, fly ash content, and curing temperature have great impact on setting behavior. A stepwise increase of the wet density results in shorter dormant stage and larger final UPV. Hydration reaction rate is obviously promoted with an increase in curing temperature. However, the addition fly ash retards the microstn,lcture formation. To aid in comparing with the ultrasonic results, the consistence spread test and Vicat needle test （VNT） were also conducted. A correlation between ultrasonic and VNT results was also established to evaluate the initial and final setting time of the FC mixtures. Finally, certain ranges of UPV with reasonable widths were suggested for the initial and final setting time, respectively.展开更多
The influence of polycarboxylic-type admixture on the strength of autoclaved aerated concrete（AAC） was investigated. The flexural strength and compressive strength of AAC with polycarboxylic admixture（PA） were tes...The influence of polycarboxylic-type admixture on the strength of autoclaved aerated concrete（AAC） was investigated. The flexural strength and compressive strength of AAC with polycarboxylic admixture（PA） were tested. The microstructure of AAC reinforced by PA was analyzed using scanning electron microscopic（SEM） methods. The crystal structure analysis of AAC with PA was also carried out using X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The results showed that the compressive strength and flexural strength of AAC were increased by 43.9% and 42.8%, respectively, when 1.5wt% of PA was mixed. In addition, the dosage of admixture influenced the reinforcing effect. Admixture affected pore structure and surface characteristic of the products in autoclaved curing process and improved the formation of high crystallite tobermorite which led to the enhancement of the compressive and flexural strength of AAC.展开更多
Concrete is the most widely used composite material in civil engineering.Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation(MICP)is a green and environmental friendly technology,which has received extensive attention i...Concrete is the most widely used composite material in civil engineering.Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation(MICP)is a green and environmental friendly technology,which has received extensive attention in repair of concrete cracks.This paper introduces the research progress in Southeast University research in past 16 years.In the early stage,MICP technology of urea hydrolyzed by Bacillus pasteurii was mainly investigated to repair the surface cracks and to fill large-size cracks with grouting.However,aiming at the hidden cracks that were difficult for human intervention,a new mineralization route of Bacillus mucilaginosus was proposed,which could repair faster than Bacillus alcalophilus,and the problem of ammonia emission in the repair process of Bacillus pasteurii was also solved.In addition,in order to improve the protection of bacteria and the self-healing efficiency of the later age cracks,the methods of fiber immobilization,carrier uniformly immobilization and core-shell structural immobilization had been compared and studied.The results showed that core-shell structural immobilization had good protection ability and strong designability.What’s more,the paper also summarized the characteristics of spore germination,cell activity,nucleation and biological calcium carbonate in crack zone,and introduced the application experience of microbial self-healing concrete in water conservancy projects and subway stations.展开更多
The soil solidifying technology started booming from the 1940s and formed an integrated cross-discipline.This paper aimed to study the effect and mechanism of soil solidification by microorganisms.Soil specimens treat...The soil solidifying technology started booming from the 1940s and formed an integrated cross-discipline.This paper aimed to study the effect and mechanism of soil solidification by microorganisms.Soil specimens treated by different methods were designed.Then the compressive strengths of these specimens on day 7 were tested and the situ bacteria culturing technique in soil was investigated.Finally the mechanism of soil solidification by microorganisms was explored according to the decomposition rate of substrate,pH value and the SEM and XRD analysis.Experimental results showed that the soil could be solidified by filling enhancement and precipitation of microorganisms.The compressive strength increased with bacteria A but decreased with substrate B,and soil specimen got a higher strength with bacteria situ cultured.The suitable pH value for bacteria A was 8–9,and the delay of lime addition could make substrate decomposition more completely,lower the influence by the existence of substrate,and improve the strength.In XRD and SEM images,precipitation of CaCO3 could be speculated.展开更多
基金the funding support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52350004 and 51925903).
文摘The freeze-thaw(FT)behavior of porous materials(PMs)involves the coupling of the thermo-hydromechanical(THM)processes and is significantly influenced by the microstructure.However,modeling FT in unsaturated PMs remains an open issue,and the influence of microstructure is not yet fully understood.To address these challenges,we propose a THM model for FT in PMs that considers microstructure and variable air content.In this work,a non-equilibrium thermodynamic approach is proposed to capture ice formation/melting,the microstructure is accounted for utilizing micromechanics,and the FT processes in air-entrained PMs are formulated within the proposed THM model.This model incorporates variable air void characteristics,e.g.air content,spacing factor,specific surface area,and supercooled water-filled regimes,and distinguishes the roles of air voids between freezing and thawing.The FT behaviors,including deformation,ice formation/melting,spacing factor,and pore water pressure evolutions,are focused.Comparisons with experimental results,confirm the capability of the present model.The results demonstrate the effects of variable air voids on the FT behavior of air-entrained PMs.The findings reveal that assuming fixed air void characteristics can lead to underestimation of pore pressure and deformation,particularly at low air content.Additionally,air voids act as cryo-pumps during freezing and when the cooling temperature stabilizes.During thawing,air voids supply gas to the melting sites(i.e.“gas escape”),preventing further significant deformation reduction.These results can provide novel insights for understanding the frost damage of PMs.
基金Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U1134206,51178230)the Technological Development Projects of China Railway Engineering Corporation(No.Z2013-038-3)
文摘Chemical admixtures are of paramount importance to the performance of modern cement based composites. In this paper, we performed a series of tests to investigate the effects of chemical admixtures on the cement asphalt mortar(CA mortar), i e, compressive strength, frost resistance, permeability, fatigue resistance, pore structure and microstructure. In particular, two types of chemical admixtures were tested, i e, defoamer(tributyl phosphate(TBP)) and polycarboxylate superplasticizer(PS). The results indicate that the addition of TBP and PS eliminates big bubbles and promotes small non-connected pores forming in matrix. Besides, an optimum dosage of TBP and PS may be determined with respect to the frost resistance, permeability and fatigue resistance of CA mortar. Further elaborative discussions are presented as well as experimental evidences from mercury intrusion porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2009CB623200)the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20100092110029)+1 种基金the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-08-0116)the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Reduction (No. 2008TM KF009), China
文摘A preloading frame is firstly designed to accurately apply external flexural stress to concrete specimens. Then a method is developed to measure one and two dimensional (1D and 2D) chloride ion concentrations at different distances from the surface of concrete under flexural stress. Using this method and the preloading frame, 1D and 2D stress-diffusion is systematically investigated for fly ash concretes made with different fly ash contents (0%, 10%, 20%, 40%, and 60%), and water to binder ratios (0.3, 0.35, and 0.4). The stress accelerating effect on 1D and 2D chloride ion diffusion is also quantitatively analyzed through a comparison between stress-diffusion and nonstress-diffusion. A diffusion accelerating effect caused by external flexural stress can clearly be observed through the comparison. In order to quantify the stress accelerating effect, a stress accelerating factor is proposed in this paper. The relationship between stress accelerating factor and external stress-to-ultimate stress ratio is given as an exponential function. Finally, the process of the initiation, prorogation, and distribution of microcracks on the tensile face of specimen is observed in-situ by using a small-sized loading frame and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The above research provides an insight into chloride attack on the edge reinforcing bars of concrete structures under flexural stress, such as large-span beam and board in the field of civil engineering.
基金Funded by National Natural Science Fundation of China (No.51178106)Open Program from Guangxi Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Reduction (No.2008TMKF009)+1 种基金973 Program (No.2009CB623200)Program for New Century Excellent Talentsin University
文摘2D,3D chloride ion concentration at the edge and corner zones were systematically investigated for fly ash concretes made with different cement replacement percentage by fly ash （0%,10%,20%,40%,60%）,water to binder ratios （0.3,0.35,0.4）,and curing ages （28 d,90 d）.An interaction effect caused by 2D and 3D diffusion could obviously be observed through the comparison with 1D testing results.In order to quantify the interaction effect,2D and 3D diffusion interaction coefficients was proposed in this paper.Finally,the changes of 2D and 3D interaction coefficients with the change in the free chloride ion concentration were given.The above research provide an insight into chloride ion attack on the edge and corner reinforcing bars of concrete structures in the field of civil engineering.
基金Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51890904 and 51508090)National Key Technology R&D Program of China(No.2017YFB0309904)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2015CB655100)。
文摘A series of tests were performed to investigate the macroscopic properties and the stabilization mechanism of calcium lignosulphonate modified expansive soil.Compared with natural soil,soil modified by 4%calcium lignosulphonate showed 56.5%increased 28 days unconfined compressive strength and 23.8%decreased free expansion rate.The X-ray diffraction analysis results indicate the existence of cation exchange and the reduction of montmorillonite interplanar spacing.The X-computed tomography results demonstrate that calcium lignosulphonate decreased the porosity and optimized the pore distribution.The calcium lignosulphonate also increased the stability of the suspension system according to the Zeta potential results.Moreover,the results of rheological tests show that the moderate amount of calcium lignosulphonate enhanced the yield stress and the plastic viscosity,proving the formation of a strong connection between soil particles.
基金Funded by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(973 Program)(No.2015CB655102)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51378116)PhD Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China(No.20120092110037)
文摘Three types of pure geopolymer pastes （poly-sialate PS, poly- sialate-siloxo PSS, and poly- sialate-siloxo PSDS） were first prepared by alkali （NaOH and KOH） activated metakaolin. Then a void space network was employed to simulate the 3-D pore-throat distribution across the unit cell of the various hardened geopolymer pastes with reference to their experimental mercury intrusion curves. Based on the simulated 3-D pore-throat structure models, a wide range of pore-level properties such as porosity, connectivity, permeability and tortuosity of various geopolymer pastes were calculated. The 3-D structural model and calculated parameters showed that most of the pores in Na-PS geopolymer paste was very small size pores ranging from 0 to 100 nm. A few very large pores were spread amongst the small pores, resulting in a very high penetration pressure, permeability resistance. Unlike Na-PS geopolymer paste, pore size with medium size of Na-PSS, K-PS and K-PSS geopolymer pastes distributed uniformly across the unit cell, and the size changes of adjacent pores in the 3 geopolymer pastes were little, producing higher penetration pressure, lower permeability, smaller connectivity and larger tortuosity. In contrast, pores in Na-PSDS and K-PSDS geopolymer pastes were relatively large and distributed concentratively, which caused samples to be easily penetrated by mercury, methane and nitrogen etc under relatively low pressures.
基金Project(2009CB623200) supported by the National Basic Research Program of ChinaProjects(50702014, 50878043) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(NCET-08-0116) supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education, China
文摘In order to investigate the influence of three key molar ratios （n（SiO2）/n（Al2O3）, n（K2O）/n（Al2O3） and n（H2O）/n（K2O））, a total of nine potassium poly-sialate-disiloxo （K-PSDS） geopolymeric cement matrices were designed according to orthogonal design principle. Subsequently, XRD, ESEM-EDXA and MAS-NMR techniques were employed to further characterize the microstructure of the most fully reacted geopolymeric cement matrix. The experimental results show that n（K2O）/n（Al2O3） has the most significant effect on compressive strength amongst the three ratios. The highest compressive strength （20.1 MPa） can be achieved when n（SiO2）/n（Al2O3）=6.5, n（K2O）/n（Al2O3）=0.8 and n（HEO）/n（K2O）=10.0. The FTIR spectra of nine PSDS geopolymeric cement matrices also indicate that geopolymeric cement matrix with the highest strength is the most fully reacted one and possesses the largest amount of geopolymeric cement products. The microscopic analysis reveals that PSDS geopolymeric cement matrix possesses structural characteristics similar to gel substances in having a wide range of Si endowments, but predominantly the framework molecular chains of Si partially replaced by 4-coordinated Al tetrahedral.
基金Funded by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(973 Program)(No.2015CB655102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51178106,51378116&51408597)the Scientific and Technological Research and Development plan of China Railway Corporation(No.2013G001-A-2)
文摘In order to investigate water and chloride ion transport in damaged concrete, three types of concrete were prepared, freeze-thawing（F-T） cycling and compressive loading were adopted to induce damage to concrete. Ultrasonic pulse velocity technique was used for evaluating the damage degree of concrete, and the defects of damaged concrete were also detected by X-CT. Water absorption and chloride ion penetrability were used for describing the transport properties of damaged concrete. Effects of damage degree on the water absorption rate and chloride ion penetrability were investigated in detail and the relationships were also established. The results show that the water absorption of concrete makes various responses to damage degree due to the difference of concrete type and damage method. For same concrete with similar damage degree, the water absorption rate of F-T damaged concrete is usually larger than that of concrete damaged by loading. The chloride ion penetrability of damaged concrete increases linearly with increasing damage degree, which is more sensitive to damage degree if the original penetrability of sound concrete is higher.
基金Founded by the key laboratory of high performance civil engineering materials(2010CEM002)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51178106,51138002)+1 种基金the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-08-0116),973 Program(2009CB623200)the Program sponsored for scientific innovation research of college graduate in Jiangsu province(CXLX_0105)
文摘The applicability of ultrasonic pulse velocity （UPV） method to in-situ monitor setting and hardening process of foamed concrete （FC） was systematically investigated. The UPVs of various FC pastes were automatically and continuously measured by a specially designed ultrasonic monitoring apparatus （UMA）. Ultrasonic tests were performed on FC mixtures with different density （300, 500, 800 and 1 000 kg/m3）, and different fly ash contents （0%, 20%, 40% and 60%）. The influence of curing temperatures （20, 40, 60 and 80~C） was also studied. The experimental results show that three characteristic stages can be clearly identified during the setting process of an arbitrary FC paste： dormant stage, acceleration stage, and deceleration stage. Wet density, fly ash content, and curing temperature have great impact on setting behavior. A stepwise increase of the wet density results in shorter dormant stage and larger final UPV. Hydration reaction rate is obviously promoted with an increase in curing temperature. However, the addition fly ash retards the microstn,lcture formation. To aid in comparing with the ultrasonic results, the consistence spread test and Vicat needle test （VNT） were also conducted. A correlation between ultrasonic and VNT results was also established to evaluate the initial and final setting time of the FC mixtures. Finally, certain ranges of UPV with reasonable widths were suggested for the initial and final setting time, respectively.
基金Funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2242016K41003)
文摘The influence of polycarboxylic-type admixture on the strength of autoclaved aerated concrete（AAC） was investigated. The flexural strength and compressive strength of AAC with polycarboxylic admixture（PA） were tested. The microstructure of AAC reinforced by PA was analyzed using scanning electron microscopic（SEM） methods. The crystal structure analysis of AAC with PA was also carried out using X-ray diffraction（XRD）. The results showed that the compressive strength and flexural strength of AAC were increased by 43.9% and 42.8%, respectively, when 1.5wt% of PA was mixed. In addition, the dosage of admixture influenced the reinforcing effect. Admixture affected pore structure and surface characteristic of the products in autoclaved curing process and improved the formation of high crystallite tobermorite which led to the enhancement of the compressive and flexural strength of AAC.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51738003).
文摘Concrete is the most widely used composite material in civil engineering.Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation(MICP)is a green and environmental friendly technology,which has received extensive attention in repair of concrete cracks.This paper introduces the research progress in Southeast University research in past 16 years.In the early stage,MICP technology of urea hydrolyzed by Bacillus pasteurii was mainly investigated to repair the surface cracks and to fill large-size cracks with grouting.However,aiming at the hidden cracks that were difficult for human intervention,a new mineralization route of Bacillus mucilaginosus was proposed,which could repair faster than Bacillus alcalophilus,and the problem of ammonia emission in the repair process of Bacillus pasteurii was also solved.In addition,in order to improve the protection of bacteria and the self-healing efficiency of the later age cracks,the methods of fiber immobilization,carrier uniformly immobilization and core-shell structural immobilization had been compared and studied.The results showed that core-shell structural immobilization had good protection ability and strong designability.What’s more,the paper also summarized the characteristics of spore germination,cell activity,nucleation and biological calcium carbonate in crack zone,and introduced the application experience of microbial self-healing concrete in water conservancy projects and subway stations.
基金supported by Ph.D.Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.20090092110029)
文摘The soil solidifying technology started booming from the 1940s and formed an integrated cross-discipline.This paper aimed to study the effect and mechanism of soil solidification by microorganisms.Soil specimens treated by different methods were designed.Then the compressive strengths of these specimens on day 7 were tested and the situ bacteria culturing technique in soil was investigated.Finally the mechanism of soil solidification by microorganisms was explored according to the decomposition rate of substrate,pH value and the SEM and XRD analysis.Experimental results showed that the soil could be solidified by filling enhancement and precipitation of microorganisms.The compressive strength increased with bacteria A but decreased with substrate B,and soil specimen got a higher strength with bacteria situ cultured.The suitable pH value for bacteria A was 8–9,and the delay of lime addition could make substrate decomposition more completely,lower the influence by the existence of substrate,and improve the strength.In XRD and SEM images,precipitation of CaCO3 could be speculated.
