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Title |
Effect of Substituting Normal-Weight Coarse Aggregate on the Workability and Mechanical Properties of Heavyweight Magnetite Concrete
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2013.25.4.439 |
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Keywords |
중량 콘크리트 ; 자철석 ; 유동성 ; 역학적 특성 ; 설계기준 heavyweight concrete ; magnetite ; workability ; mechanical properties ; design code |
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Abstract |
The objective of this study is to evaluate the workability and various mechanical properties of heavyweight magnetite concrete and examine the reliability of the design equations specified in code provisions. The main parameters investigated were the water-to-cement ratio and substitution level of normal-weight coarse aggregate (granite) for magnetite. The oven-dried unit weight of concrete tested ranged between 2446 and 3426 kg/m3. The measured mechanical properties included compressive strength development, stress-strain curve, splitting tensile strength, moduli of elasticity and rupture, and bond stress-slip relationship of concrete. Test results revealed that the initial slump of heavyweight magnetite concrete increased as the substitution level of normal-weight coarse aggregate increases. The substitution level of normal-weight coarse aggregate had little influence on the compressive strength and tensile resistance capacity of heavyweight concrete, while it significantly affected the modulus of elasticity and stress-strain curves of such concrete. The design equations of ACI 349-06 and CEB-FIP provisions mostly conservatively predicted the mechanical properties of heavyweight magnetite concrete, but the empirical equations for modulus of elasticity and splitting tensile strength need to be modified considering the unit weight of concrete.
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