DETERMINATION OF RATIONAL BORDER OF FROST-RESISTANT CONCRETE COMPOSITION CHANGES
Jacek Halbiniak1, Bogdan Langier1
1Politechnika Częstochowska
BoZPE 2013;(1):26–33
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KEYWORDS
frost resistance. distribution of air pores, additives and admixtures
TOPICS
Building materials
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the effects of addition of microsilica additives as well as frost resistance aeration and the characteristics of the studied concrete pores. The study was carried out for 150 frost cycles, freezing and thawing. The pore structure of concrete test was carried out using a device for automatic image analysis and utilization of the Lucia Concrete computer program. The set included: the total air content in hardened concrete, the pore distribution of the L , the contents of micropores A300, and a graph of the distribution of air pores. Furthermore, the following designations were made: the consistency and air content of the concrete mix, water absorption, resistance to compression.