Effects of Axial Stress on Air Permeability of HPFRC

Abstract:

Gas permeability of concrete is a property, which is recognized as one of the basic indicators of its durability. Measuring of the air permeability is mostly carried out on samples, which are not exposed (before or during the tests) to any certain external loads, which could cause microcracks in hardened cement matrix. However, in the case of real structures there is always some stress level and thus the concrete permeability is usually affected by microcracks. To know both, permeability of sound concrete and the permeability of concrete containing certain amount of microcracks, is the basic assumption for correct evaluation of its durability. Our paper deals with the permeability of loaded specimens made of high performance fibre reinforced concrete (HPFRC). This type of concrete is in Slovakia used for the construction of containers for a low and medium level radioactive waste storage and thus their properties in loaded conditions are of primary concern. Permeability was measured with Torrent Permeability Tester on cube specimens at different loading levels and after unloading. Specimens were 10 years old and varied in the amount of fibre reinforcement.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 249)
• Pages: 46-51
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.249.46
• Online since: April 2016
• Authors: Peter Paulík*, Igor Hudoba, Patrik Ševčík
• Keywords: Air Permeability, Axial Stress, Concrete, Fibre Reinforcement, HPFRC

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