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Expansion and Mitigation of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Binary Blended Concrete Confining Potentially Reactive Aggregates
Without a cure but preventable, Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR), dubbed the “Concrete Cancer,” happens when alkali in cement bonds with silica in aggregates to form an expansive gel. This research aims to investigate expansion and influence mitigation of ASR in concrete by identifying potentially reactive aggregates causing its onset and using binary blended cement to slow down unwanted gel expansions through the mitigative ability found in its fly ash component. This research also observed variations in expansive behavior and the physical changes that arose after the experiments. Aggregate samples were collected from different quarries in Davao, Philippines, denoted as Deposit A, Deposit B, Deposit C, and Deposit D. These deposits were tested according to the ASTM C1260: Accelerated Mortar Bar Tests (AMBT) to identify a reactive group. Three aggregate groups, Deposit A, Deposit B, and Deposit C, were tagged as reactive due to exhibiting more than a 0.1% increase in lengths, indicating unideal expansion. Additional sets of AMBTs were done for the identified aggregates using blended cement as a binder to test the combinations' ability to minimize expansion. This resulted in an average expansion decrease per set of approximately 78%, 82%, and 85% for A, B, and C, respectively, further strengthening the reputation of fly ash as an effective mitigating SCM against ASR.
Expansion and Mitigation of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Binary Blended Concrete Confining Potentially Reactive Aggregates
Without a cure but preventable, Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR), dubbed the “Concrete Cancer,” happens when alkali in cement bonds with silica in aggregates to form an expansive gel. This research aims to investigate expansion and influence mitigation of ASR in concrete by identifying potentially reactive aggregates causing its onset and using binary blended cement to slow down unwanted gel expansions through the mitigative ability found in its fly ash component. This research also observed variations in expansive behavior and the physical changes that arose after the experiments. Aggregate samples were collected from different quarries in Davao, Philippines, denoted as Deposit A, Deposit B, Deposit C, and Deposit D. These deposits were tested according to the ASTM C1260: Accelerated Mortar Bar Tests (AMBT) to identify a reactive group. Three aggregate groups, Deposit A, Deposit B, and Deposit C, were tagged as reactive due to exhibiting more than a 0.1% increase in lengths, indicating unideal expansion. Additional sets of AMBTs were done for the identified aggregates using blended cement as a binder to test the combinations' ability to minimize expansion. This resulted in an average expansion decrease per set of approximately 78%, 82%, and 85% for A, B, and C, respectively, further strengthening the reputation of fly ash as an effective mitigating SCM against ASR.
Expansion and Mitigation of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Binary Blended Concrete Confining Potentially Reactive Aggregates
Key Engineering Materials ; 953 ; 75-82
2023-09-25
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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