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    唐世斌

    • 教授     博士生导师   硕士生导师
    • 性别:男
    • 毕业院校:大连理工大学
    • 学位:博士
    • 所在单位:土木工程系
    • 学科:岩土工程. 计算力学. 桥梁与隧道工程. 水工结构工程
    • 电子邮箱:tang_shibin@dlut.edu.cn

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    Mesomechanical model of moisture diffusion and shrinkage cracking in building material - Model development

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    论文类型:期刊论文

    发表时间:2013-10-01

    发表刊物:CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

    收录刊物:SCIE、EI

    卷号:47

    页面范围:511-529

    ISSN号:0950-0618

    关键字:Moisture diffusion; Shrinkage cracking; Damage evolution; Heterogeneity

    摘要:Drying shrinkage of concrete induces the formation of microcracks that damage concrete structures. In this study, a methodology to model this phenomenon is presented which is simple and easy to implement and should enable engineers to predict shrinkage cracks by taking them as a durability indicator. We first present how to theoretically and numerically implement a two-dimensional model to examine meso- and macroscopic structure effects on moisture diffusivity within concretes. The heterogeneity of concrete is described by Weibull distribution assumption at a mesoscopic level. Simulations on several heterogeneous samples show that the effective diffusivity strongly depends on the degree of heterogeneity. Higher heterogeneity indicates a greater effect on the effective moisture diffusivity. Moreover, numerical results indicate that the effective diffusivity of concrete greatly depends on the volume fraction of aggregate (VFA), the increasing of which decreases the effective diffusivity. Modeling result suggests that diffusivity increases when there is a crack growth due to the damage creating more porous and thus accelerating moisture diffuse through the matrix, i.e. resulting in increment of effective moisture diffusivity. The result also indicates that the existence of interfacial transition zone in concrete also leads to significant increment of moisture migration in concrete. Furthermore, the effect of crack depth and its propagation on moisture diffusion has been studied. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.