Hongqiang Chu

Influence of Carbonation on Fatigue of Concrete with High Volume of Ground Granulated Blast-furnace Slag

The effect of carbonation on fatigue performance of ground granulated blast-furnace slag concrete was investigated. Based on the static compression tests of carbonated GGBS-concrete, the correlation between carbonation depth and compressive strength was analyzed and an equation between carbonation depth and compressive strength was put forward. Meanwhile, fatigue S-N curves of various carbonation depths were fitted, and the influence of carbonation on fatigue life and strength was studied. Carbonation has a dual effect on the fatigue behavior of GGBS-concrete. A fatigue equation based on the depth of carbonation was established. Also, the probabilistic distribution of fatigue life of carbonated concrete at a given stress level was modeled by the two-parameter Weibull distribution.

Vibration attenuation in two-link flexible mechanical arms with periodic composite materials

We introduce the periodic composite materials, so-called phononic crystals, to the flexible mechanical arms systems. Due to the transfer matrix method and the Bloch theorem, the theoretical solution of band structure of the two-link model is deduced and then verified by the frequency response by the finite element method. The influence of the included angle of arms to vibration characteristics is analyzed. The frequency response of the two-link flexible arms with/without phononic crystals is investigated. The results illustrate that, by using the periodic composite materials, some frequency ranges with strong attenuation can be obtained. This study provides a new way to eliminate vibrations in flexible mechanical arms.

Influence of anion types on the electrodeposition healing effect of concrete cracks

With the zinc salt and magnesium salt solutions, the influence of anion types on the electrodeposition healing effect of concrete cracks was investigated, four parameters such as rate of weight gain, surface coating, crack closure, and crack filling depth were measured, and the mineral composition and appearance of electrodeposits in the cracks were analyzed. The experimental results demonstrate that the electrodeposition healing effect is the best by adopting ZnSO4 and MgSO4 solutions. The mineral composition of electrodeposits in the cracks does not change with the anion types. The most particles of ZnO crystal appear as fusiform by using zinc salt solutions. If we selected MgSO4 solution, the Mg(OH)2 crystal was porous honeycomb. The electrodeposits present as flake structure while the other magnesium salt solutions were adopted.

Effect of Pulse Parameters on Deposition in Concrete Crack using Pulse Current Electro-deposition

To evaluate the effect of pulse parameters on the formation of electrodeposits in concrete cracks, five different types of pulse current were set up, and ZnSO4 and MgSO4 solutions were used as the electrolytes. The rate of weight gain, rate of surface coating, rate of crack closure and crack filling depth were measured. Scanning electron microscopy was used to assess the morphology of the electrodeposits, and energy dispersive spectroscopy was used to analyze the mineral composition of the electrodeposits in the cracks. The experimental results demonstrate that, among five different pulse parameters, when Ton/Toff=0.8 ms/0.8 ms, the healing effect of electro-deposition is the best. The pulse mode hardly affects the mineral composition of the electrodeposits but changes the micromorphology. In addition, for both ZnSO4 and MgSO4 solutions, when Ton/Toff=0.8 ms/0.8 ms, the crystal structure of the electrodeposits is the most uniform and the densest.

Influence of mineral admixtures on the electro-deposition healing effect of concrete cracks

Two types of solutions (ZnSO4, MgSO4) were selected to study the influence of mineral admixtures on the electro-deposition healing effect of concrete cracks. Four parameters (i e, rates of weight gain, surface coating, crack closure and crack filling depth) were measured. The mineral composition of electro-deposits in the cracks was analyzed. The study shows that the healing effect of mortar specimens with 10% fly ash is the worst, while the healing effect of mortar specimens with 20% fly ash is better than that of the specimens without fly ash. The rates of weight gain, surface coating, crack closure and crack filling depth decrease with increasing content of the ground granulated blast-furnace slag(GGBS). The mineral admixtures have no influence on the composition of deposits.

Evaluation research on applicability of rapid iodide migration test

The applicability of the rapid iodide migration test was systematically studied. Comparative experimental tests of different test conditions, including several external voltages, test durations, concrete ages and mixing proportions, were carried out to make clear the transport behaviors of iodide under parallel electric fields. Numerical simulations were also done using the finite element method to found the correlation between chloride and iodide transport behaviors. The test and numerical results show that the chloride transport behaviors of RIM and RCM tests have a good correlation under the several conditions used in the present paper. Moreover, the influence of external conditions (external voltages, test durations) on the test results is small. Thus, it can be concluded that the RIM method is available to determine the chloride penetration resistance of the chloride-eroded structural concrete.