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Study on early-age tensile properties of high volume fly ash concrete

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Concrete crack resistance is an important factor affecting the durability of concrete structures. In order to provide the basis for the evaluation of crack resistance of high volume fly ash concrete (HVFAC), the early-age tensile properties (i.e. tensile strength, tensile elastic modulus and tensile strain capacity) of HVFAC were investigated with direct tensile tests. The results showed that the development of tensile strength, tensile elastic modulus and tensile strain capacity of concrete before 7d decreased with the increase of water-binder ratio and fly ash content, and the tensile elastic modulus decreased significantly when the fly ash content was 60%. The development of tensile strain capacity and tensile strength of concrete from 7 to 28d was remarkably faster when the fly ash content increased, while no significant effect of fly ash content on the development of the tensile elastic modulus at late ages was observed. The tensile strength to cubic compressive strength ratio (T/C) peaked at about 2d, then showed a decreasing trend and stabilized in the range of 0.055–0.132 after 7d. Moreover, the tensile strength, tensile elastic modulus and tensile strain capacity showed a good correlation with the cylindrical compressive strength of concrete. Their respective relationships with cylindrical compressive strength were proposed and could be used to predict the tensile strength, tensile elastic modulus and tensile strain capacity of HVFAC.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: 51778583) and the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (Grant Number: 2021C01060). The authors also thank everyone providing assistance for this study, extended to everyone for his contributions to the experimental work.

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    Chunping Gu, Yang Yang, Jintao Liu & Tongyuan Ni

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by JY, SH. The first draft of the manuscript was written by JY and revised by CG. The conceptualization and methodology were designed by YY, CG. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Gu, C., Yao, J., Huang, S. et al. Study on early-age tensile properties of high volume fly ash concrete. Mater Struct 55, 135 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-022-01977-x

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