Experimental investigation of ultra-early-strength cement-based self-compacting high strength concrete slabs (URCS) under contact explosions

• Published in: Defence technology 2023-06, Vol.24, p.326-339
• Main Authors: Wang, Wei, Huo, Qing, Yang, Jian-chao, Wang, Jian-hui, Wang, Xing
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Blast load; Blast-resistant performance; Contact blast; Ultra-early-strength concrete slabs
• ISSN: 2214-9147; 2214-9147
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dt.2022.02.010

In this paper, UR50 ultra-early-strength cement-based self-compacting high-strength concrete slabs (URCS) have been subjected to contact explosion tests with different TNT charge quality, aiming to evaluate the anti-explosive performance of URCS. In the experiment, three kinds of ultra-early-strength cement-based reinforced concrete slabs with different reinforcement ratios and a normal concrete slab (NRCS) were used as the control specimen, the curing time of URCS is 28 days and 24 h respectively. The research results show that URCS has a stronger anti-explosion ability than NRCS. The failure mode of URCS under contact explosion is that the front of the reinforced concrete slab explodes into a crater, and the back is spall. With the increase of the charge, the failure mode of the reinforced concrete slab gradually changed to explosive penetration and explosive punching. The experiment results also show that the reinforcement ratio of URCS has little effect on the anti-blast performance, and URCS can reach its anti-blast performance at 28 days after curing for 24 h. On this basis, the damage parameters of URCS for different curing durations were quantified, and an empirical formula for predicting the diameter of the crater and spalling was established.