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Enabling sustainable rapid construction with high volume GGBS concrete through elevated temperature curing and maturity testing

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Corresponding AuthorKanavaris,Fragkoulis
Publication Years
2023
DOI
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EISSN
2352-7102
Volume63
Abstract
Nowadays, low carbon footprint concrete for construction relies heavily on ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) as a partial cement replacement material (CRM) in places where other CRMs are in short supply. However, it is relatively well-known that the low early-age strengths of GGBS concretes discourage the maximisation of cement replacement in most applications; a constraint which can be potentially overcome through exploitation of hydration acceleration under elevated temperature curing. Concrete and mortar mixes of 47 MPa 28-day target mean cube strength were developed and investigated in this study with various percentages of GGBS (0, 20, 35, 50 and 70%) and cured under isothermal and non-isothermal regimes (20, 30, 40 and 50 °C and adiabatic). Higher temperatures appeared to significantly accelerate the strength gain of GGBS concretes, particularly those containing high GGBS percentages. In-situ strength development may be estimated through maturity functions which were initially developed for neat Portland cement concretes. The accuracy of several maturity functions, such as the Nurse-Saul, Arrhenius, Weighted Maturity, Weaver-Sadgrove and Rastrup ones, were examined together with two strength-maturity/time correlations. It was found that although maturity methods can be used to optimise a concrete mix in terms of GGBS content and depending on the application, it is not possible to obtain consistently reliable estimates for GGBS concretes from the current functions. Nonetheless, from the current models considered, the Arrhenius, Weighted Maturity and Rastrup functions appear as more appropriate for higher replacement levels of cement with GGBS. Overall, the present study highlighted a need for further improving maturity functions to account for the strength development of GGBS concrete.
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EI ; SCI
Language
English
SUSTech Authorship
Others
WOS Research Area
Construction & Building Technology ; Engineering
WOS Subject
Construction & Building Technology ; Engineering, Civil
WOS Accession No
WOS:000890656500002
Publisher
EI Accession Number
20224613117220
EI Keywords
Activation energy ; Blast furnaces ; Carbon footprint ; Concrete mixtures ; Curing ; Isotherms ; Portland cement ; Slag cement ; Slags
ESI Classification Code
Concrete:412 ; Cement:412.1 ; Environmental Engineering:454 ; Blast Furnaces:532.2 ; Chemical Reactions:802.2
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85141808762
Data Source
Scopus
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Cited Times [WOS]:2
Document TypeJournal Article
Identifierhttp://kc.sustech.edu.cn/handle/2SGJ60CL/411742
DepartmentDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering
Affiliation
1.Technical Services,Materials,ARUP,London,United Kingdom
2.School of Natural and Built Environment,Queen's University Belfast,Belfast,United Kingdom
3.Department of Ocean Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,China
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Kanavaris,Fragkoulis,Soutsos,Marios,Chen,Jian Fei. Enabling sustainable rapid construction with high volume GGBS concrete through elevated temperature curing and maturity testing[J]. Journal of Building Engineering,2023,63.
APA
Kanavaris,Fragkoulis,Soutsos,Marios,&Chen,Jian Fei.(2023).Enabling sustainable rapid construction with high volume GGBS concrete through elevated temperature curing and maturity testing.Journal of Building Engineering,63.
MLA
Kanavaris,Fragkoulis,et al."Enabling sustainable rapid construction with high volume GGBS concrete through elevated temperature curing and maturity testing".Journal of Building Engineering 63(2023).
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