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On the Pore Structures of Lightweight Self-Compacting Concrete Containing Silica Fume
Construction and Building Materials
  • Vahab Naderi Zarnaghi
  • Ali Fouroghi_Asl
  • Vahid Nourani
  • Hongyan Ma, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

This paper presents the results of an experimental study about the pore structure of lightweight self-compacting concrete with different amounts of silica fume and water-to-cement ratios. Mercury intrusion porosimetry was used to test the porosity and pore sizes. The fractal characteristics of the pore structures were studied, and the pore mass and solid mass fractal dimensions were calculated based on well-established methods. The optimum amount of silica fume was determined based on fractal dimension. The results have showed that compressive strength and water penetration depth increase with the increase of fractal dimension and have good correlation with fractal dimensions.

Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Compressive strength,
  • Critical pore diameters,
  • Fractal analysis,
  • Lightweight self-compacting concrete,
  • Mercury intrusion porosimetry,
  • Penetration depth,
  • Pore structure,
  • Porosity,
  • Threshold pore diameters
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12-1-2018
Publication Date
01 Dec 2018
Disciplines
Citation Information
Vahab Naderi Zarnaghi, Ali Fouroghi_Asl, Vahid Nourani and Hongyan Ma. "On the Pore Structures of Lightweight Self-Compacting Concrete Containing Silica Fume" Construction and Building Materials Vol. 193 (2018) p. 557 - 564 ISSN: 0950-0618
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hongyan-ma/58/