Durability Evaluation of Ternary Mix Designs for Extremely Aggressive Exposures

Project Details
STATE

FL

SOURCE

TRID

START DATE

12/05/16

END DATE

03/01/18

RESEARCHERS

Kyle A Riding, Christopher C Ferraro, Mohammed Almarshoud, Seyedhossein Mosavi, Raid Alrashidi, Alyami, Mohammed Hussein

SPONSORS

Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville

KEYWORDS

Admixtures, Concrete, Durability tests, Florida, Highways, Laboratory tests, Materials, Pavements, Permeability

Project description

Concrete mixtures can be made to be durable, even in extremely aggressive environments common in Florida. Deterioration is often caused by water and ion ingress into concrete through the concrete pore network. The resistance to water and ion movement into concrete, or penetrability, is measured by direct and indirect measures of the concrete pore system. As part of this phase I study, concrete specimens were made to test using surface resistivity (AASHTO T 358, bulk resistivity (AASHTO TP 119), rapid chloride permeability test (ASTM C1202), rapid chloride migration test (NT Build 492), volume of permeable voids (ASTM C642), water permeability, water absorption (ASTM C1585), concrete bulk diffusion (ASTM C1556), and concrete sulfate durability (ASTM C1012). This report documents the materials and mixtures used in this testing, methods used, and results.
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