Dependence of frost resistance of fine-grained concrete modified by polymers on the ratio of conditionally closed and open capillary porosity
Abstract
Dependence of frost resistance of fine-grained concrete modified by polymers on the ratio of conditionally closed and open capillary porosity
Incoming article date: 03.12.2019GOST 10060-2012 as the main criterion of frost resistance for all concretes, including fine-grained, established the ratio of the compressive strength of the main and control samples is not less than 0.9, taking into account the coefficient of variation of strength in the series. There are numerous studies in which the dependence of the frost resistance of concrete on the nature of its porosity is revealed, and the criteria of frost resistance in the form of, for example, the ratio of open and conditionally closed porosity are proposed. The article examines the impact of indicators of porosity on frost resistance of mortar (fine aggregate concrete), the basic criterion GOST 10060-2012, and also for frost resistance of the contact zone according to GOST 31357 - one of the normalized indicators of quality of solutions and fine-grained concrete obtained from dry mixes. The purpose of this study is to identify the dependence of changes in the compression and bending strengths, as well as changes in adhesion to the base of polymer-modified fine-grained concrete on the nature of porosity. The frost resistance of 36 compositions obtained using three different Portland cements and three redispersible polymer powders with a dosage from 0 to 3% by weight of the dry mixture was studied. In addition to polymers, low-modulus inclusions in the form of ash microsphere or entrained air are introduced into a number of compositions. The main samples were tested after 75 freeze-thaw cycles according to GOST 31357.
Keywords: dry mixes, frost resistance of the contact zone, open porosity, adhesion to the base