Yuya Sakai, Ivwananji Sikombe, Keiko Watanabe and Hiroyuki Inoue: Microscopic Change in Hardened Cement Paste Due to High-Speed Impact. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 17, pp. 518-525, 2019
Yuya Sakai, Ivwananji Sikombe, Keiko Watanabe and Hiroyuki Inoue: Microscopic Change in Hardened Cement Paste Due to High-Speed Impact. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 17, pp. 518-525, 2019
Yuya Sakai, Ivwananji Sikombe, Keiko Watanabe and Hiroyuki Inoue: Microscopic Change in Hardened Cement Paste Due to High-Speed Impact. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 17, pp. 518-525, 2019
Yuya Sakai, Ivwananji Sikombe, Keiko Watanabe and Hiroyuki Inoue: Microscopic Change in Hardened Cement Paste Due to High-Speed Impact. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 17, pp. 518-525, 2019
Abstract
Impact load was applied to hardened cement paste (HCP) specimens using a gas gun to investigate microscopic changes in the specimens and develop a better response model of concrete subjected to impact load. Plasma emission was observed at the moment of impact at 420 m/s and the colour of the portion near the impact point turned brighter. This brighter portion was analysed, and it was observed that the pore structure was coarser compared to the other portion; however, the results of thermogravimetry and X-ray diffraction analysis were similar. A possible reason is that the generated heat was instantaneous and the rate of the temperature increase in the HCP decreased due to evaporation of water in the HCP. These results indicate that during impact at a few hundred m/s, porosity increase due to heat effect is more dominant than porosity decrease due to mechanical compaction.
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