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Simulation of a temperature rise in concrete incorporating fly ash or slag

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Granulated slag from metal industries and fly ash from the combustion of coal are among the industrial by-products and have been widely used as mineral admixtures in normal and high strength concrete. Due to the reaction between calcium hydroxide and fly ash or slag, compared with Portland cement, the hydration of concrete containing fly ash or slag is much more complex. In this paper, by considering the producing of calcium hydroxide in cement hydration and the consumption of it in the reaction of mineral admixtures, a numerical model is proposed to simulate the hydration of concrete containing fly ash or slag. The heat evolution rate of fly ash or slag blended concrete is determined from the contribution of both cement hydration and the reaction of mineral admixtures. Furthermore, a temperature rise in blended concrete is evaluated based on the degree of hydration of cement and mineral admixtures. The proposed model is verified with experimental data on the concrete with different water-to-cement ratios and mineral admixtures substitution ratios.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to reviewers for their valuable suggestions and comments. The authors are further thank to Professor Koichi Maekawa and Professor Toshiaru Kishi in the University of Tokyo for the kind assistance on experimental results. This study was supported by the Engineering Research Center designated by the Ministry of Education & Science Technology, the Eco-friendly Construction Research Center, Hanyang University (R11-2005-056-04003). This research was supported by a grant (06-CIT-A02: Standardization Research for Construction Materials) from Construction Infrastructure Technology Program funded by Ministry of Land, Transport and Marine Affairs.

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Wang, XY., Lee, HS. Simulation of a temperature rise in concrete incorporating fly ash or slag. Mater Struct 43, 737–754 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-009-9525-8

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