Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {2945, title = {Influence of micro-cracking on capillary water absorption of an UHPFRC}, journal = {International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches for Cement-based Materials and Structural Concrete (SynerCrete{\textquoteright}18)}, year = {2018}, month = {2018-10-24 00:00:00}, pages = {963-968}, publisher = {RILEM Publications S.A.R.L.}, address = {Funchal, Portugal}, abstract = {The aim of this research was to investigate the influence of cracking on water transport by capillary suction in UHPFRC. Specimens were firstly pre-loaded under four-point bending up to a wide range of pre-defined crack open displacement. Crack pattern created was characterized (width, number of cracks) before capillarity testing. Test results showed that micro cracks induced by previous loading significantly increased the sorptivity comparing with non-cracked specimens. However, increasing the damage (COD of 200 up to 400 μm), did not significantly compromise the absorption capillary suction of UHPFRC, as compared to good quality conventional concrete or engineered cementitious composites (ECC).
}, keywords = {Capillary suction, Cracking, UHPFRC.}, isbn = {978-2-35158-202-2}, doi = {DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1405563}, url = {https://synercrete.com/}, author = {Matos, A. M. and Nunes, S. and Aguiar, J. B.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
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Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt