Papers by Keyword: Ring Test

Abstract: In this paper, restrained ring test and shrinkage test are carried on three kinds of concrete—high-strength portland cement concrete, high-strength calcium sulfoaluminate cement concrete and high-strength calcium sulfoaluminate cement concrete with internal curing in order to evaluate the shrinkage induced cracking performance of the concretes. The experimental results show that calcium sulfoaluminate cement concrete exhibits lower shrinkage caused by surface drying comparing to portland cement concrete. Internal curing can eliminate most of the autogenous shrinkage of concrete. In the ring test, the latter two concrete did not crack during the whole test history—42 days, while high-strength portland cement concrete cracked at the 13th day after casting. High strength calcium sulfoaluminate cement concrete exhibits better anti-cracking ability than the high strength portland cement concrete with the same strength grade.

Abstract: The aim of this study was to quantify the restrained shrinkage of high performance concrete (HPC). Ring test was used for the measurement of restrained shrinkage. Mechanical properties of the HPC as well as free shrinkage were determined for assessment of theoretical stress in shrinkage restrained material. The results from the ring test showed a lot of information about material such as development of actual residual stress, cracking potential, microcracks and relaxation.

Abstract: The theory and flow chart of inverse analysis arithmetic is based. The way of axile symmetry constringent and ring constringent test is introduced into optimization model and goal function , the goal is attained that inverse analysis of stainless steel is confirmed with grind and flowing vary coefficient, and that grind gene is confirmed with different plastic mock equipment. The result is proved that subdued stress of inverse analysis attained is treated as true subdued stress , the accuracy prediction of grind coefficient of ring constringent test on inverse analysis is obtained.

Abstract: The understanding of stress relaxation and tensile creep behavior is extremely important in accurate stress analysis and crack prediction of early-age concrete. The free shrinkage deformations of concrete with different strength grade were examined. The early-age tensile elastic modulus of concrete was investigated through temperature-stress testing machine. The tensile creep and shrinkage stress were obtained through the modified restrained ring test. The results indicate that the development of free shrinkage coordinates well with the inner strain of steel ring. Tensile creep decreases as water-binder ratio increases. Creep counteracts tensile stress of concrete by 28%~40% , decreases the possibility of cracking of concrete at early ages.

Abstract: Shrinkage of repair material is the major factor inducing cracking in concrete repairs. Induced cracks in repair materials are due to restrained shrinkage. The ring test is commonly used to assess the potential for restrained shrinkage induced cracking due to its simplicity and versatility. The restrained ring test is becoming widely used as a standard test method to assess the potential for early-age cracking in concrete. In this investigation, a ring test set up was developed to measure the restrained shrinkage of various repair materials available in the local market. Keeping in view the importance of the local environment, two environment conditions were used; Lab Environment (Temperature 23±2°C) and the open environment of Riyadh. These environmental conditions were used taking into account the local environmental conditions. The samples were outside for almost one year and encountered all weather conditions of Riyadh. It has been observed that some materials although manufactured by highly reputed companies didnt comply fully in restrained shrinkage tests.

Abstract: Cracks can reduce the service life of a concrete structure by allowing aggressive agents to penetrate through it in easy ways. Free shrinkage evaluation alone is not enough to determine if cracking can be expected in a structure since concrete creep behaviour, stiffness and toughness also influence the potential for cracking. Consequently, it is rather interesting to perform restrained shrinkage tests, such as the ring test according to ASTM C 1581–04. The testing procedure involves concrete ring specimens restrained by an inner steel ring on which strain gauges are placed to determine the age of cracking, since abrupt changes in the steel strain occur when concrete is cracked. Both the ring test and free shrinkage test should be carried out in the same exposure conditions, 21°C and 50% relative humidity. Moreover, compressive and tensile strengths of concrete were evaluated on cubic specimens at the time of its cracking and up to 28 days of curing. By means of analytical and numerical models of the ring specimen, some useful information on the stress induced in the material and on the tensile creep behaviour of concrete can be extrapolated thus allowing to better interpret the experimental results. This experimental procedure enables to study the influence of concrete mixture composition on the potential for early-age cracking of concrete. In particular, in this work the influence on early-age cracking of recycled-concrete aggregate partially replacing virgin sand was tested.

Abstract: One of the ways for determination of flow curves is the application of a ring test. Using this method, friction in the interface between the die and the specimen leads to a bulging of the sample and thereby to an inhomogeneous stress and strain state. The calculation of the flow stress from experimentally determined force–displacement curves implies a uniaxial stress state, but this will produce an error because of the above-mentioned bulging, when friction occurs. One method of avoiding these sources of error is to use the sigmoid curves, but the sigmoid curves are varied by the change of temperature and strain rate. Calculations of numerical sigmoid curves were done by the use of an iterative procedure, applying a corrective function. The paper presents a complete investigation of the AZ41 magnesium alloy sigmoid curves at temperature ranging between 473 K and 513 K and strain rates ranging between 0.025 s-1 and 0.00025 s-1 . Ring tests are used to determine the numerical sigmoid curves sensitivity to temperature and strain rate.

Abstract: An optical measuring system for the ring test is proposed. In this approach, the machine vision inspection equipment is first built to record and capture the images of ring test from the digital camcorder.The image processing procedures to detect and locate the edge points of the inner and outer radii in ring convex forming are presented. Unlike the conventional sub-pixel estimation based on gray-level values, the quantity (8 bits) of color’s scale has been adopted. In image processing procedures, a clustering method called Adaptive Competitive Learning Network (ACLN) is first used to classify the image hues which represent the different heights of bulge profiles on the top of ring, and then the edge points can be searched by the interpolation step of subpixel accuracy. The calibration curves constructed by the mode of non-constant friction factor called F-value approach is designed to compare and check with the measurement data. The experimental results will be presented and discussed in this study.

Abstract: In the case of inner pressurized pipe, the hoop stress mainly causes the failure of pipe. For evaluating the hoop tensile properties of pipes, a ring test is used although it has an inevitable shortcoming of disturbance by the bending. Arsene suggested a central piece-inserted ring test for reducing the bending. At high temperatures, the friction between the specimen and the central piece exerts a serious influence on the results, so an effect on friction should be considered in the analysis. In this study, for the evaluation of the hoop properties using the central piece-inserted ring model of Arsene, we performed the ring tensile tests at several temperatures. From the ring tensile tests and numerical analysis the load-displacement conversion relationship of ring specimen (LCRR) was determined. We could obtain the hoop tensile properties by means of applying the LCRR to the results of the ring tensile test. From the result, it was observed that the strength decreased as the temperature increased, and the elongation dropped a little around 400°C.