1. Study on mechanical properties and frost resistance of recycled fly ash concrete for construction.
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BU Narui, LIU Rui, FANG Wei, ZHAO HuiBin, and BAI Runshan
- Abstract
Taking recycled concrete as the research object, fly ash was selected to replace cement. By adjusting the proportion of fly ash, high performance fly ash recycled concrete with different replacement rates (0, 10%, 30%, 50% and 70%) was prepared. The effects of different replacement rates of fly ash on the micro morphology, mechanical properties, flexural toughness and frost resistance of recycled concrete were studied. The results showed that there wasn't new hydration product after adding fly ash, but the hydration reaction rate was accelerated, the diffraction peak strength of Ca(OH)2 was increased, and the fly ash particles were more closely combined with the hydration product gel, which enhanced the compactness of recycled concrete. When the re-placement rate of fly ash was 50%, the structure of recycled concrete was the most dense. With the increase of replacement rate of fly ash. the compressive strength and flexural strength of recycled concrete increased first and then decreased. When the replacement rate of fly ash was 50%, the compressive strength and flexural strength at 28 d reached the maximum value, 44.2 and 5.96 MPa, respectively, and the deflection reached the maximum value of 7.7 mm, with the strongest deformation resistance. With the increase of freeze-thaw cycles, the surface peeling phenomenon of recycled concrete intensified. With the increase of replacement rate of fly ash, the mass loss of recycled concrete decreased first and then increased, and the relative dynamic elastic modulus increased first and then decreased. When the freeze-thaw cycle was TOO times and the replacement rate of fly ash was 50%, the minimum mass loss rate of recycled concrete was -0.09%, the maximum relative dynamic modulus of elasticity was 94.52%, and the frost resistance was the best. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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