{"title":"Experimental and numerical investigations on the mechanical properties of coral aggregate seawater concrete","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.110498","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To study the mechanical properties of coral aggregate seawater concrete (CASC), a combination of experiments and numerical simulations based on the HJC and K&C models was used, the failure mode and cube compressive/axial compressive/splitting tensile strength (<em>f</em><sub>cu</sub>, <em>f</em><sub>c</sub>, <em>f</em><sub>sp</sub>), complete stress–strain curve of CASC with different strength grades (C30 ∼ C55) and cement types (Portland cement, Basic magnesium sulfate cement) was studied, and the differences in the mechanical properties of CASC with lightweight aggregate concrete and ordinary aggregate concrete was revealed. The results show that: cube/prismatic/splitting tensile specimens of CASC mainly suffer from quadrangular cone damage/oblique damage/central cracking damage, respectively. BMSC can significantly reduce the brittleness and increase the ductility of CASC. A significant linear relationship between <em>f</em><sub>cu</sub> and <em>f</em><sub>c</sub>, <em>f</em><sub>sp</sub> for C30 ∼ C50 CASC was found and the corresponding transformations was established. The numerical model suitable for researching the mechanical properties of CASC was proposed, the errors between simulated and measured values of <em>f</em><sub>cu</sub>, <em>f</em><sub>c</sub> and <em>f</em><sub>sp</sub> of C30 ∼ C50 CASC were 2.5 % ∼ 3.1 %, 4.4 % ∼ 5.7 % and 2.7 % ∼ 4.4 %, respectively. Considering the characteristics of high brittleness of CASC, a more suitable stress–strain curve model is proposed, the accuracy can be improved by 1.6 % ∼ 5.9 %.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11576,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Fracture Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Engineering Fracture Mechanics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013794424006611","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MECHANICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
To study the mechanical properties of coral aggregate seawater concrete (CASC), a combination of experiments and numerical simulations based on the HJC and K&C models was used, the failure mode and cube compressive/axial compressive/splitting tensile strength (fcu, fc, fsp), complete stress–strain curve of CASC with different strength grades (C30 ∼ C55) and cement types (Portland cement, Basic magnesium sulfate cement) was studied, and the differences in the mechanical properties of CASC with lightweight aggregate concrete and ordinary aggregate concrete was revealed. The results show that: cube/prismatic/splitting tensile specimens of CASC mainly suffer from quadrangular cone damage/oblique damage/central cracking damage, respectively. BMSC can significantly reduce the brittleness and increase the ductility of CASC. A significant linear relationship between fcu and fc, fsp for C30 ∼ C50 CASC was found and the corresponding transformations was established. The numerical model suitable for researching the mechanical properties of CASC was proposed, the errors between simulated and measured values of fcu, fc and fsp of C30 ∼ C50 CASC were 2.5 % ∼ 3.1 %, 4.4 % ∼ 5.7 % and 2.7 % ∼ 4.4 %, respectively. Considering the characteristics of high brittleness of CASC, a more suitable stress–strain curve model is proposed, the accuracy can be improved by 1.6 % ∼ 5.9 %.
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EFM covers a broad range of topics in fracture mechanics to be of interest and use to both researchers and practitioners. Contributions are welcome which address the fracture behavior of conventional engineering material systems as well as newly emerging material systems. Contributions on developments in the areas of mechanics and materials science strongly related to fracture mechanics are also welcome. Papers on fatigue are welcome if they treat the fatigue process using the methods of fracture mechanics.