TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Daniel A1 - Meng, Birgit A1 - Weise, Frank T1 - Influence of aggregate size on the damage potential of alkali-silica reaction N2 - The susceptibility of different aggregate types used in concrete to ASR is strongly associated with their petrography. The aim of this study is to assess the influence of the aggregate size on the ASR potential, in particular applied to the sand fractions in the size range of 0.125-4 mm. The investigation concept is based on the hypothesis that at a specific particle size reactive aggregates could change their characteristic influence in mitigating ASR instead of promoting it. For the study of the size dependent behaviour mortars are prepared, considering aggregates of different reactivity, including very reactive, slow-late and quasi non-reactive types. The analysis is based on a stepwise substitution concept, in which mortars with a constant overall grain size distribution are compared, while only one size fraction of the non-reactive base aggregate is substituted by a reactive aggregate type of this specific size fraction. For the expansion experiments an accelerated mortar bar test (80°C, immersed in NaOH solution) was applied. The results show that the slow-late reactive greywacke yielded a strong reduction of the expansion below an aggregate size in the range of 0.5-1 mm. On the other side with the very reactive borosilicate glass, the expansions increased steadily with decreasing size. To validate if the acquired expansions were caused by ASR, thin sections were analysed. Mainly, higher expansion values were consistent with extensively more amounts of ASR indicators. T2 - 15th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction (ICAAR 2016) CY - Sao Paulo, Brazil DA - 03.07.2016 KW - alkali-silica-reaction KW - building materials KW - concrete KW - durability PY - 2016 SP - Paper 194 AN - OPUS4-37143 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Daniel T1 - Das Alkali-Kieselsäure-Reaktionspotenzial in Abhängigkeit von der Korngröße T2 - Workshop der DMG-Sektionen AMITU und CPKM CY - Bad Windsheim DA - 2015-02-25 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33762 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Daniel A1 - Gardei, André A1 - Simon, Sebastian A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - Microscopic investigations of building materials affected by alkali-silica reaction T2 - 15th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials CY - Delft, Niederland DA - 2015-06-17 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33763 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Daniel A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - The Damage Potential of Alkali-Silica Reaction by Using Sand and Fine Gravel Grain Sizes for Various Reactive Aggregates T2 - GeoBerlin 2015 CY - Berlin DA - 2015-10-04 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-34647 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Werner, Daniel A1 - Gardei, André A1 - Simon, Sebastian A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - Microscopic investigation of building materials affected by alkali-silica reaction N2 - Concrete is the most applied building material in modern times. It is present in all kinds of structures and no other material secms to rcplace concrete as the most selected building material in the near future. The prime advantages are the high performance, the easy production and a facile processability. The sustainability and durability are important requirements to concrete. Even if concrete is significantly less susceptible against factors promoting a damage, compared to other materials, there are still mechanisms affecting it. In particular, high-ways and hydraulic structures made of concrete worldwide show cases of alkali-silica reaction (ASR) damages. This article refers to experience at BAM Federal InstituteforMaterials Research and Testing for several decades to ASR research and darnage assessment. ASR is a severe darnage mechanism that can occur in concrete, when certain conditions related to composition and cxposition arise in a critical combination. The chemical reaction is based on the alkalis and the silica in the concrete and was first identified by Stanton in highway structures in California (Stanton, 1940). Actually three components are needed to initiate ASR: alkali-sensitive siliceous aggregates, alkalis coming from internal (cement or other components) or external sources (de-icing salt or sea water) and water. If all of these components are sufficiently present an alkali-silica gel could be formed (Hobbs, 1988). This gel itself needs additional space when it is formed. Furthermore it is able to swell in the presence of humidity, both processes generating an expansion pressure inside the concrete. As a consequence of intensive expansion, cracks can occur, which significantly lowers thc strength of the material. Parameters like amount and chemical composition of the gel as weil as the pattern and width of cracks can help to classify the ASR darnage (Swamy, 1992). The objective of this article is to demoostrate the microscopic work on ASR affected concrete samples, carried out to assess the damaging process or to evaluate various alkali-sensitive aggregates. It will explain the approach of ASR investigation from the macroscale to microscale, starting briefly with the condition assessment, over treatment and investigations of samples in the laboratory, to the use of different microscopical and analytical techniques. In the main part the characteristic features for identifying ASR in concrete are presented by using microscopic images. Especially the emphasis lies on the role of the aggregate. T2 - 15th Euroseminar on microscopy applied to building materials CY - Delft, The Netherlands DA - 17.06.2015 KW - Alkali-silica reaction KW - Concrete KW - Damage analysis KW - Materials characterisation KW - Preparation of thin sections PY - 2015 SN - 978-94-6186-480-2 SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-33791 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stegemann, Robert A1 - Cabeza, Sandra A1 - Pelkner, Matthias A1 - Lyamkin, Viktor A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Werner, Daniel A1 - Wimpory, R. A1 - Boin, M. A1 - Kreutzbruck, Marc A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Influence of the microstructure on magnetic stray fields of low-carbon steel welds N2 - This study examines the relationship between the magnetic mesostructure with the microstructure of low carbon steel tungsten inert gas welds. Optical microscopy revealed variation in the microstructure of the parent material, in the heat affected and fusion zones, correlating with distinctive changes in the local magnetic stray fields measured with high spatial resolution giant magneto resistance sensors. In the vicinity of the heat affected zone high residual stresses were found using neutron diffraction. Notably, the gradients of von Mises stress and triaxial magnetic stray field modulus follow the same tendency transverse to the weld. In contrast, micro-X-ray fluorescence characterization indicated that local changes in element composition had no independent effect on magnetic stray fields. KW - TIG-welding KW - GMR sensors KW - Magnetic stray field KW - Neutron diffraction KW - Residual stress KW - Microstructure KW - Low carbon steel PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-018-0522-0 SN - 0195-9298 SN - 1573-4862 VL - 37 IS - 3 SP - 66,1 EP - 18 PB - Springer US CY - New York AN - OPUS4-45855 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -