TY - JOUR A1 - Paul, S.C. A1 - Pirskawetz, Stephan A1 - Van Zijl, G.P.A.G. A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Acoustic emission for characterising the crack propagation in strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) JF - Cement and concrete research N2 - This paper presents the analysis of crack propagation in strain-hardening cement-based composite (SHCC) under tensile and flexural load by using acoustic emission (AE). AE is a non-destructive technique to monitor the development of structural damage due to external forces. The main objective of this research was to characterise the cracking behaviour in SHCC in direct tensile and flexural tests by using AE. A better understanding of the development of microcracks in SHCC will lead to a better understanding of pseudo strain-hardening behaviour of SHCC and its general performance. ARAMIS optical deformation analysis was also used in direct tensile tests to observe crack propagation in SHCC materials. For the direct tensile tests, SHCC specimens were prepared with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibre with three different volume percentages (1%, 1.85% and 2.5%). For the flexural test beam specimens, only a fibre dosage of 1.85% was applied. It was found that the application of AE in SHCC can be a good option to analyse the crack growth in the specimens under increasing load, the location of the cracks and most importantly the identification of matrix cracking and fibre rupture or slippage. KW - Acoustic emission KW - Crack Detection (B) KW - Microcracking (B) KW - Fibre Reinforcement (E) KW - Tensile Properties (C) PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2014.12.003 SN - 0008-8846 SN - 1873-3948 VL - 69 SP - 19 EP - 24 PB - Pergamon Press CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-33579 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Steve A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Pirskawetz, Stephan A1 - Rogge, Andreas ED - Khayat, Kamal Henry T1 - Fire spalling of self-compacting concrete mixtures with different limestone powder contents T2 - Proceedings of the 8th RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete N2 - Self-compacting concrete typically contains a higher content of powder materials than normal concrete. Furthermore it is assumed that the use of superplasticizers yields a more homogenous microstructure in the hardened paste. Both aspects generate a very dense microstructure, which can be assumed to cause material behaviour that differs from than normal concrete when it is exposed to elevated temperatures. However, the paste volumes in SCC can vary significantly based on the mixture composition. At a low paste volumes SCC can be very similar to normal concrete at hardened state while it can vary greatly at higher paste volumes. Since the high temperature behaviour of concrete is strongly affected by the different physical behaviour of the paste and the aggregates, it is likely that the high temperature behaviour is consequently strongly affected by the ratio of these mixture components. In the present study different SCC mixtures were observed with similar mechanical properties, but with significantly differing paste to aggregate ratios. Based on observations of the heat evolution at the fire exposed surface and at different depths inside the specimens as well as based on photogrammetric observations of the spalled dimensions, the results indicate that with increasing paste volumes the heat conductivity is reduced and as a result concrete with higher paste to aggregate ratios shows less spalling. T2 - 8th RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete CY - Washington, USA DA - 15.05.2016 KW - Spalling KW - High temperature behaviour KW - Fire exposure KW - Mixture composition KW - Photogrammetry PY - 2016 SN - 978-2-35158-157-5 SP - 353 EP - 363 PB - RILEM Publications S.A.R.L. CY - Paris, France AN - OPUS4-36873 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -