Tensile Fracture Property of Concrete Affected by Interfacial Transition Zone

International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

Research

Fan Bai¹  Zuyun Luo²  Heli Ji²  Xinhua Yang³ 

[1] College of Science, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 430065, Wuhan, China;School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, China;School of Transportation, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Foshan University, 528200, Foshan, China;School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, China;

关键词: Concrete;    Interfacial transition zone;    Parameterization modeling;    Fracture property;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40069-022-00564-2

 received in 2022-06-02, accepted in 2022-09-28,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

As a weak link between aggregate and mortar in concrete, interfacial transition zone (ITZ) usually plays a key role in concrete fracture. To investigate the tensile fracture property of concrete affected by the mechanical properties of ITZ numerically, the geometrical models of heterogeneous concrete were established with the parameterization modeling. They include three phases, namely, mortar, ITZ, and randomly distributed aggregates with distinct sizes and orientations. The cracking behaviors of mortar and ITZ were characterized by the bilinear cohesive zone constitutive model. Based on the experiments, the mechanical properties of ITZ were mediated by changing the water–cement ratio of mortar, the aggregate surface roughness and the content of silica fume in interfacial agent. A series of numerical simulations were conducted on the concrete models in tension after the numerical modeling method was validated. The macroscopic tensile fracture properties of concrete were quantitatively connected with some microscopic variables, including the water–cement ratio of mortar, the aggregate surface roughness and the silica fume content in interfacial agent. It was found that the tensile fracture properties of concrete have negative linear correlations with the water–cement ratio of mortar, while the effects of the aggregate surface roughness and the silica fume content in interfacial agent are very complex. The tensile fracture mechanical properties of concrete have a bilinear relationship with the aggregate surface roughness and an approximate quadratic parabola relationship with the content of silica fume in the interfacial agent. This study is beneficial to improve the fracture resistance of concrete by some interface handling measures.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2022

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