Experimental investigation of High-Performance Concrete subjected to high temperatures

Abstract

In this paper, we present an experimental study and statistical modeling of High-Performance Concrete subjected to high temperatures. The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of concrete age subjected to high temperature cycles (ranging from 20 °C to 1000 °C) on the physical and the mechanical properties of (HPC). The compressive strength, flexural strength, dynamic modulus and the physical characteristics were evaluated based on the mass loss and ultrasonic pulse velocity. The experiments have been performed at different age 90 and 210days. The analysis of the results shows that increasing temperature decreases the mechanical properties of the concrete especially after 90 days. The factorial design and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to establish the influence of experimental parameters on the HPC. Based on several criteria, mathematical models can be used to predict HPC properties under high temperature.