Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-10-31
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Submitted to Cement and Concrete Research
Scientific paper
In this paper, the influence of aggregate size and volume fraction on shrinkage induced micro-cracking and permeability of concrete and mortar was investigated. Nonlinear finite element analyses of model concrete and mortar specimens with regular and random aggregate arrangements were performed. The aggregate diameter was varied between 2 and 16 mm. Furthermore, a range of volume fractions between 0.1 and 0.5 was studied. The nonlinear analyses were based on a 2D lattice approach in which aggregates were simplified as monosized cylindrical inclusions. The analysis results were interpreted by means of crack length, crack width and change of permeability. The results show that increasing aggregate diameter (at equal volume fraction) and decreasing volume fraction (at equal aggregate diameter), increases crack width and consequently greatly increases permeability.
Buenfeld Nick R.
Grassl Peter
Wong Hong S.
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