Study on the Material Properties of Microconcrete by Dynamic Model Test

• Published in: Materials 2022-05, Vol.15 (10), p.3432
• Main Authors: Zhang, Chunyu, Zhang, Jinpeng, Ren, Qichao, Xu, Jianguo, Wang, Bo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aggregates; Barite; Boundary conditions; Bridges; Cement; Compressive strength; Concrete; Coupling; Density; Dynamic models; Earthquakes; Fluid-structure interaction; Hydraulics; Material properties; Materials selection; Mechanical properties; Model testing; Modulus of elasticity; Numerical methods; Particle size; Sand; Scale models; Seismic analysis; Seismic response; Shake table tests; Similarity; Structural safety; Water-cement ratio
• ISSN: 1996-1944; 1996-1944
• DOI: 10.3390/ma15103432

As an important water conveying structure, the seismic safety of the hydraulic aqueduct has attracted considerable interest. Different from the general bridge structure, the seismic analysis of the aqueduct structure needs to consider its fluid-structure interaction. The existing numerical simulation methods cannot truly reflect the fluid-solid coupling mechanism. Therefore, scholars began to use shaking table tests to study the fluid-structure interaction mechanism. However, the research is immature, and it is mostly focused on the seismic response analysis, and there are few studies on the model test similarity ratio and model material properties. Based on this, in this paper, according to the requirements of the test similarity ratio, the orthogonal experiment was used to explore the influence of barite sand content, water-cement ratio, fine sand ratio, and lime ratio on the mechanical properties of microconcrete. The performance indicators of microconcrete under different mix ratios vary widely, with a minimum variation of 19% and a maximum of 102%. Barite sand has the most significant control effect on the density, and the water-cement ratio has the most significant control effect on the compressive strength and elastic modulus. The density variation range is 2.37-2.81 g/cm , the cube compressive strength variation range is 18.37-36.94 MPa, and the elastic modulus variation range is 2.11 × 10 -3.28 × 10 MPa. This study will provide certain evidence for the similarity ratio design and material selection of the scaled model test of the fluid-solid coupling structure.