Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Concrete with Nano-Particles by Different High-Temperature Curing Methods
摘要
High-temperature curing is extensively employed for precast concrete components. To investigate the impacts of high-temperature curing and nanoparticles on the dynamic mechanical properties of concrete, this study investigates how high-temperature curing and nanoparticles (nano-CaCO3 and nano-SiO2) influence concrete’s dynamic mechanical properties by evaluating dynamic elastic modulus (Ed) and flexural fatigue under standard, steam, and hot water curing. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis revealed nanoparticle enhancement mechanisms. Results show high-temperature curing markedly boosts early Ed but later reduces it, and increases the fatigue life’s dispersion, detrimental to later dynamic mechanical properties, with steam curing causing the most adverse effects. Incorporating 1% nano-CaCO3 and 2% nano-SiO2 enhance the early Ed under high-temperature curing, and fully repair late Ed and flexural fatigue performance losses of concrete. Both high-temperature curing and nanoparticles facilitate early cement hydration, generating C-S-H gels with low Ca/Si ratios for denser microstructure. However, high-temperature curing induces uneven distribution of hydration products, insufficient hydration, increased porosity and cracking, and delayed ettringite in the later microstructure of concrete, raising the Ca/Si ratio of the C-S-H gels and reducing dynamic mechanical properties. Nanoparticle addition mitigates these deteriorations, maintaining good later microstructures and dynamic mechanical properties.