Preparation of scrap tire rubber fiber–silica fume mixtures for modification of clayey soils

This experimental work was performed to investigate the influence of silica fume–scrap tire rubber fiber mixture inclusion on the geotechnical properties of clayey soils. The natural and modified clayey soil samples were subjected to the unconfined compression, the shear box, the odometer and the falling-head permeability tests after compaction at optimum moisture content. The results of experimental research indicated that silica fume, fiber and silica fume–fiber mixture modification enhanced both the unconfined compression strength and strength parameters. Although, the fiber modification increased in the hydraulic conductivity, it decreased in the swelling pressure. It was observed also that the silica fume and silica fume–fiber modification decreased both the hydraulic conductivity and swelling pressure. Consequently, it is concluded that the silica fume–fiber mixture materials can be successfully used for the modifications of clayey soils in the geotechnical applications.     

改性压实水泥抗压强度影响因素的研究

采用ＤＳＰ原理和压实技术相结合，掺加硅灰和ＣａＣＯ３等细颗粒矿物外加剂改变压实水泥材料基质。研究了成型压力、细粉掺量、养护制度等因素对压实水泥强度的影响。结果表明，掺加适量硅灰和提高成型压力可显著提高压实水泥的抗压强度，掺加ＣａＣＯ３对强度无明显影响；压实水泥存在最佳养护龄期，超过此龄期强度倒缩。     

Dissolution rate of silica fume in very high strength concrete

A very high strength concrete, having a 91 day compressive strength of 113 MPa, was developed using Type III cement, limestone aggregates, sodium naphthalene superplasticizer and silica fume, with W/C ratio of 0.24. SEM-EDXA and AEM were used to study the rate of dissolution of silica fume in this concrete, with progressive hydration. The ultrafine particle size of silica fume (< 1 μm) makes it difficult to view the state of these particles in concrete under the SEM. With AEM, however, it was possible to observe the dissolution process of silica fume particles, which begin at an early stage. Within 28 days, most of the silica fume is consumed in the pozzolanic reaction. The initial reaction product is a silica rich gel which later transforms into different morphological types of C-S-H which are compacted together. This is a major contributory factor for the very high strength of this concrete. Some partly reacted silica fume particles, however, remain in the hardened paste; lack of water most probably inhibits their complete transformation.     

硅灰改性压实水泥材料的组成和微观结构

用ＤＴＡ、ＸＲＤ及ＳＥＭ分析了不同养护条件下硅灰改性前后压实水泥的组成和微观结构，并探讨了结构与耐久性的关系。结果表明：在常温水养护条件下，除Ｃａ（ＯＨ）２外，硅灰改性前后压实水泥的组成无明显差异；压蒸条件下，随压蒸时间延长伴有产物的转化和晶化，掺入硅灰后，产物向低ＣａＯ／ＳｉＯ２方向转化和晶化；材料结构中未水化水泥颗粒进一步水化以及产物的转化和晶化对材料的结构和性能产生不利影响，甚至会导致结构破坏     

Silica fume-basic blast furnace slag systems activated by an alkali silica fume activator

This paper deals with the results of research on binder systems based on the use of silica fume. The data obtained show that the optimal proportion of blast furnace slag and alkali activator prepared from silica fume permits the obtaining of interesting materials from the point of view of their technical properties as well as from the possibility of utilizing industrial wastes. The composite developed is hydraulic. It is possible to state that these kinds of binding systems have shown promise of future use.     

轮辐转子式块状物料定量给料装置在预防硅粉加工粉尘爆炸中的应用

有机硅材料是现代工业及日常生活不可或缺的高性能材料,然而硅粉在加工过程中存在着一定的爆炸风险。基于硅粉爆炸的要素,给出了防止硅粉尘爆炸的安全技术措施,重点提出采用加装密闭性能好的加装轮辐转子式块状物料定量给料装置密,该装置取代原始的皮带秤,从而有效降低立磨中的氧含量,能够大大减少硅粉加工过程中的爆炸风险。     

超细硅灰改性低强度等级水泥基材料的性能研究

为了提高低标号水泥基材料的力学性能和耐久性,基于纳米粉体的特殊性能与效应,采用超细硅灰对水泥基材料进行改性。除进行宏观力学性能和耐久性测试之外,运用XRD、TGA-DTA、SEM等方法,研究了超细硅灰改性水泥基材料的相组成、显微结构及微观形貌。结果表明:水泥基复合材料最佳配比为水泥:粉煤灰:超细硅灰:早强减水剂为1:1:0.025:0.015,此时超细硅灰能够很好地促进水泥水化,使水化产物增多,水泥石基体相的显微结构致密,C-S-H凝胶交织成致密的网状结构,结构缺陷显著降低,导致强度明显增大、耐久性显著提高。     

海工水泥原料组成的优化试验研究*

根据国家标准对海工水泥原材料组成的要求,本文以粉煤灰、矿粉、硅灰为混合材与硅酸盐水泥熟料、石膏复合,通过水泥砂浆物理性能试验、抗渗性能试验、抗硫酸盐侵蚀试验和混凝土氯离子扩散系数试验,优化、确定了海工水泥合理的原材料组成范围。试验结果表明,当熟料掺量≥33%,硅灰掺量≤3%时,所制备的海工水泥的力学性能满足国家标准42.5级海工水泥的要求;以33%的熟料、7%的石膏、17%的粉煤灰、40%的矿粉和3%的硅灰制备的海工水泥具有较好的早期、后期强度和良好的耐久性能。XRD和SEM分析结果表明,与普通硅酸盐水泥相比,海工水泥水化体系中AFt含量多,可提高水泥石的致密度,减小孔隙率,使水泥硬化体具有优异的力学性能和耐久性能。     

严苛侵蚀作用对优化导电混凝土性能的影响

干湿交替和硫酸盐腐蚀引起的损伤严重影响导电混凝土服役时的长期稳定性。本研究以碳纤维、石墨作为导电相材料,掺入粉煤灰和硅灰制备导电混凝土,在干湿交替和硫酸盐腐蚀耦合作用下,讨论粉煤灰、硅灰掺量对导电混凝土力学性能与电学性能的影响。综合导电混凝土的力学性能与电学性能衰变定义了服役性能劣化指标。结果表明：掺入粉煤灰和硅灰后提升了导电混凝土在干湿交替和硫酸盐腐蚀下的耐久性和导电稳定性;当粉煤灰和硅灰的总掺量一定时,提高粉煤灰占比能够有效降低干湿交替和硫酸盐腐蚀造成的强度损失,并提高导电混凝土的导电稳定性。     

高致密硅质耐火材料的生产与性能研究

开滦精煤股份有限公司一期建有两座JN60—6型焦炉,其炭化室炉头普通硅砖因周期性温度波动导致硅砖产生裂纹、结构疏松、表面剥落。针对焦炉硅砖损坏情况及焦炉大型化的发展要求,开发高致密硅砖成为亟待解决的问题。     

Characteristics of a thermally activated alumino-silicate pozzolanic material and its use in concrete

This paper presents the results of the physical and chemical properties of a thermally activated alumino-silicate material (MK), and deals with the properties of fresh and hardened concrete incorporating this material. The properties of fresh concrete investigated included workability, bleeding, setting time, and autogenous temperature rise. The properties of the hardened concrete investigated included compressive, splitting-tensile and flexural strengths, Young's modulus of elasticity, drying shrinkage, resistance to chloride-ion penetration, freezing and thawing, and saltscaling resistance. The properties of the MK concrete were also compared with those of the control portland cement concrete and the silica fume concrete.

The test results indicate that the MK material is highly pozzolanic and can be used as a supplementary cementing material to produce high-performance concrete. Although it requires a higher dosage of the superplasticizer and air-entraining admixture compared with that of the control concrete, the MK concrete can be produced with satisfactory slump, air content, and setting time. The concrete incorporating 10% MK had higher strength at all ages up to 180 days compared with the control concrete; in comparison with the silica fume concrete the MK concrete showed a faster strength development at early ages, but had lower strength after 28 days. At 28 days, the MK concrete had somewhat higher splitting-tensile and flexural strengths, Young's modulus of elasticity, and lower drying shrinkage compared with that of the control and the silica fume concretes. The resistance of the MK concrete to the chloride-ion penetration was significantly higher than that of the control concrete, but similar to that of the silica fume concrete. The MK concrete showed excellent performance in the freezing and thawing test. The performance of the MK concrete subjected to the de-icing salt scaling test was similar to that of the silica fume concrete, but marginally inferior to the control concrete.     

Strength development of high strength concretes with and without silica fume under the influence of high hydration temperatures

High performance concretes of high compressive strength are finding increasing applications in many fields of construction such as core walls and columns in tall buildings, long-span bridges and marine structures. In thick cross-sections, the high binder contents of some high strength concretes can result in the development of high in-situ temperatures. The combined influence of limited moist curing and high hydration temperatures may significantly influence the progress of hydration. This can affect the long-term development of in-situ strength and other engineering properties. Knowledge of in-situ strength development under these conditions is needed to ensure safe utilisation of this new generation of construction materials.

This paper presents results of an investigation on the strength development of high strength concretes with and without silica fume subjected to high in-situ temperature conditions. A temperature match conditioning (TMC) system was developed and used to simulate the semi-adiabatic temperature development within medium sized high strength concrete columns. The results of this investigation show that in-situ temperatures of up to 70 °C significantly increased the 7-day strength of a high strength silica fume concrete. Although no strength regression was observed up to 1 year, the silica fume concrete subjected to high early temperatures showed significantly lower strengths when compared to concrete cured at standard temperature. For the silica fume concrete subjected to high early temperatures, non-evaporable water contents suggest little additional hydration beyond 3 days.     

硅灰对超轻水泥基复合保温材料性能的影响

超轻水泥基复合保温材料(UCIM)是以水泥为胶凝材料,膨胀聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料(EPS)颗粒、掺合料、泡沫剂、改性剂和水等为主要原料,采用物理发泡工艺制备而成。UCIM由EPS颗粒与泡沫混凝土基体互穿构成,不同品种的掺合料等效替代水泥后,能不同程度影响水泥浆体对EPS颗粒的包裹性,从而影响UCIM结构的均匀性与制品性能。通过设计不同掺量的掺合料,对比硅灰、偏高岭土及矿粉所制备的UCIM的均匀性及强度,结果表明,当采用硅灰时,UCIM未产生分层离析现象且制品强度试验结果较好;通过微孔拍摄及强度、热工性能测试,系统研究了硅灰掺量对UCIM的泡沫混凝土基体的孔结构、强度和导热系数的影响,结果表明,适宜掺量的硅灰能提高UCIM的力学性能,使UCIM的泡沫混凝土基体的平均孔径减小,进而有利于降低UCIM导热系数。     

Influence of traversing crack on chloride diffusion into concrete

This study examined the effects of traversing cracks of concrete on chloride diffusion. Three different concretes were tested: one ordinary concrete (OC) and two high performance concretes with two different mix designs (HPC and HPCSF, with silica fume) to show the influence of the water/cement ratio and silica fume addition. Cracks with average widths ranging from 30 to 250 μm, were induced using a splitting tensile test. Chloride diffusion coefficients of concrete were evaluated using a steady-state migration test. The results showed that the diffusion coefficient of uncracked HPCSF was less than HPC and OC, but the cracking changed the material behavior in terms of chloride diffusion. The diffusion coefficient increased with the increasing crack width, and this trend was present for all three concretes. The diffusion coefficient through the crack D_cr was not dependent of material parameters and becomes constant when the crack width is higher than  80 μm, where the value obtained was the diffusion coefficient in free solution.     

Alkali-silica reactivity of large silica fume-derived particles

Pozzolanic materials, including silica fume, are commonly added to concrete to reduce expansion due to alkali-silica reaction (ASR). It has been noted, however, that commercial silica fume is not always adequately dispersed, and large agglomerates may be present. These large particles have been hypothesized to act as amorphous silica aggregates, thereby participating in an expansive reaction with the alkalis present in cement paste pore solution. If such were the case, some silica fume particles would actually aggravate expansion due to ASR rather than suppress it. The present investigation characterizes the microstructure and morphology of agglomerated and sintered silica fume particles and compares their effects on alkali-silica-related expansion. While a 5% replacement of moderately reactive sand with sintered silica fume aggregates caused significant expansion under accelerated testing conditions (modified ASTM C1260), the replacement with large agglomerates of densified silica fume decreased expansion compared with control mortar bars containing only sand. Both the sintered aggregates and the agglomerates reacted with the pore solution; one reaction was expansive, while the other was not.     

膨润土增强的黄土和红土的性质

Loess and laterite distributed widely in the northern and southern China cannot be directly used as the natural barrier to isolate the solid waste because of their high hydraulic conductivity. In this paper, they are enhanced by bentonite to improve their hydraulic performance. The impact of bentonite content and water content on compressive strength of the compacted soil was investigated. The effects of bentonite content, water content, dry density and hydraulic gradient on the hydraulic conductivity were studied in detail. For the laterite and the laterite with 8% of bentonite, the experimental results of hydraulic conductivity can be applied in the engineering design. However, for the loess and the bentonite enhanced loess, those of hydraulic conductivity can not be directly applied in the engineering design because their hydraulic performance does not comply with the Darcy‘s law. These experimental results have to be carefully modified before application.     

Mechanical and microstructural characterization of geopolymers synthesized from FCC waste catalyst and silica fume

A FCC waste catalyst-based geopolymer was synthesized from FCC waste catalyst and silica fume, which were used as the main silicon-aluminum raw material and correction material, respectively. Meanwhile, NaOH and water glass composite were used as alkaline activator in the preparation process. Herein, the effects of silicon correction materials, alkaline activator modulus, and silica fume content on the compressive strength performance of prepared geopolymers were discussed. The microstructure was comprehensively analyzed by X-ray diffraction, fourier infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope. The results showed that the prepared geopolymer has good early property when the silica fume content is 50% and the water glass modulus is 1.2. The 3d compressive strength of the obtained sample reaches 23.77 MPa. Microstructure and geopolymerization process analysis indicate that the FCC waste catalyst and silica fume have a good synergistic effect, which confirms the feasibility of preparing the geopolymer by using these industrial waste materials.     

Utilization of fly ash with silica fume and properties of Portland cement-fly ash-silica fume concrete

This paper reports the normal consistency, setting time, workability and compressive strength results of Portland cement-fly ash-silica fume systems. The results show that water requirement for normal consistency was found to increase with increasing SF content while a decrease in initial setting time was found. Workability, measured in term of slump, was found to decrease with silica fume content (compared to blends without silica fume). However, it must be noted that despite the reduction in the slump values, the workability of Portland cement-fly ash-silica fume concrete in most cases remained higher than that of the Portland cement control concrete. Furthermore, the utilization of silica fume with fly ash was found to increase the compressive strength of concrete at early ages (pre 28 days) up to 145% with the highest strength obtained when silica fume was used at 10 wt%. Moreover, scanning electron micrographs show that utilization of fly ash with silica fume resulted in a much denser microstructure, thereby leading to an increase in compressive strength.     

新型高性能水泥基灌浆料的配制研究

以普通硅酸盐水泥、快硬硫铝酸盐水泥、硅灰和膨胀剂为胶凝材料,再以石英砂为骨料制作灌浆砂浆,通过正交试验设计出高强胶凝材料的最佳配比。最后以上述胶凝材料为基础,粗中细三种砂子为骨料,并添加高性能外加剂,通过改变水和胶凝材料以及胶凝材料和骨料的比例,得到符合标准规范的高性能水泥基灌浆料。掺入快硬水泥有快硬早强的效果;为减小灌浆材料的收缩可以掺入适量膨胀剂;掺入硅灰可以提高灌浆材料的强度。综合考虑灌浆料的流动性,竖向膨胀率以及强度和收缩性的影响,确定灌浆料胶砂比为1.2,水胶比为0.34。研究成果对今后水泥基灌浆材料的发展具有一定的参考价值。     

Influence of electroosmotic treatment on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of clayey silts: preliminary experimental results

Preliminary results of an investigation focused on the influence of electrokinetic treatment on the mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of clayey soils are presented. The experimental programme aims at providing a contribution to the sustainability of contaminant extraction or containment via electroosmosis. Changes in the hydraulic and mechanical properties of two illitic clayey soils, subjected to a DC electric field, were investigated. Samples of the two soils were subjected to electrokinetic filtration, for different periods of time, and under different constant loads. Afterwards, they were tested under one-dimensional compression to detect changes in stiffness and hydraulic conductivity due to the electrical treatment. After the application of a DC field for a few hours, a small reversible increment in the average soil stiffness was observed, with respect to the untreated soil, while the hydraulic conductivity was not affected substantially. Dramatic changes of the mechanical and hydraulic soil properties, correlated to changes of the soil pH, were observed following non-conditioned electrokinetic treatment with duration of the order of days.