Design of Massive Casting Controlling Early Age Properties of Concrete

Abstract:

The design of concrete structures exposed to environmental attack requires serious attention for concrete durability. Early age cracking due to autogenous deformations should be avoided.In this work the study of the structural effects of hydration heat and rheological behaviour of a massive concrete casting is presented. The object of the study is a skyscraper foundation slab. Aim of the work is the numerical simulation of what occurs to the structure during the hardening, in order to avoid unforeseen autogenous cracking and therefore the choice of a tailor-made concrete mixture able to fulfil the performance criteria.Non-linear finite element coupled thermal and mechanical analyses have been performed taking into account: hydration heat generation and dispersion, dimension and sequence of the casting, evolution of concrete mechanical properties in time during the hardening reaction, creep and differential shrinkage.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 711)
• Pages: 126-133
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.711.126
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: Gabriele Bertagnoli, Dario La Mazza*, Giuseppe Mancini, Francesco Tondolo
• Keywords: Casting, Concrete, Early Age, Hydration Heat, Massive, Restrained Deformations

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