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Effect of water storage time on frost resistance of concrete

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Author

Editor

  • Michael A. Lacasse
  • Dana J. Varnier

Summary, in English

In high performance concrete (HPC) with low water-cement ratio, cement reaction will cause substantial drying expressed in terms of relative humidity (RH) of the pore water. This phenomenon is called self-desiccation. The RH-values as low as 85% have been measured in dense concretes that have been stored for more than 18 months in water. This means that there is almost no freezable water in the concrete until very low temperatures are reached. It also means that freeze-thaw tests made with young concrete might give results on the unsafe side. In this report some results from a bigger study of the effect of longterm water storage on the frost resistance of HPC are presented. The results show that previously self-desiccated concrete absorbs water when it is stored for a long time in water. Dilation tests during freezing indicate that concrete that was frost resistant when tested during the first months might become non-frost resistant after a long period of water storage. This must be considered in the design of freeze-thaw test methods.

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Pages

212-221

Publication/Series

Durability of Building Materials and Components 8 : Proceedings

Volume

1: Service life and durability of materials and components

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

NRC Research Press

Topic

  • Materials Engineering

Keywords

  • frost resistance
  • water absorption
  • performance based building
  • sustainable construction
  • high-performance concrete (hpc)
  • self-desiccation
  • w078
  • w080

Conference name

International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (8DBMC)

Conference date

1999-05-30 - 1999-06-03

Conference place

Vancouver, Canada

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 0-660-17737-4