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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sem.2014.50.5.635

Experimental study on creep and shrinkage of high-performance ultra lightweight cement composite of 60MPa  

Chia, Kok-Seng (Nautic Group Pte Ltd.)
Liu, Xuemei (School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology)
Liew, Jat-Yuen Richard (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore)
Zhang, Min-Hong (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore)
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Structural Engineering and Mechanics / v.50, no.5, 2014 , pp. 635-652 More about this Journal
Abstract
Creep and shrinkage behaviour of an ultra lightweight cement composite (ULCC) up to 450 days was evaluated in comparison with those of a normal weight aggregate concrete (NWAC) and a lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) with similar 28-day compressive strength. The ULCC is characterized by low density < 1500 $kg/m^3$ and high compressive strength about 60 MPa. Autogenous shrinkage increased rapidly in the ULCC at early-age and almost 95% occurred prior to the start of creep test at 28 days. Hence, majority of shrinkage of the ULCC during creep test was drying shrinkage. Total shrinkage of the ULCC during the 450-day creep test was the lowest compared to the NWAC and LWAC. However, corresponding total creep in the ULCC was the highest with high proportion attributed to basic creep (${\geq}$ ~90%) and limited drying creep. The high creep of the ULCC is likely due to its low elastic modulus. Specific creep of the ULCC was similar to that of the NWAC, but more than 80% higher than the LWAC. Creep coefficient of the ULCC was about 47% lower than that of the NWAC but about 18% higher than that of the LWAC. Among five creep models evaluated which tend to over-estimate the creep coefficient of the ULCC, EC2 model gives acceptable prediction within +25% deviations. The EC2 model may be used as a first approximate for the creep of ULCC in the designs of steel-concrete composites or sandwich structures in the absence of other relevant creep data.
Keywords
cement composite; concrete; creep coefficient; model; shrinkage; ultra lightweight;
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