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Behaviour of Rice Husk Ash in Self-Compacting High Performance Concrete

  • The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the characteristics of rice husk ash RHA) and then its behaviour in self-compacting high performance concrete (SCHPC) with respects to rheological properties, hydration and microstructure development and alkali silica reaction, in comparison with silica fume (SF). The main results show that the RHA is a macro-mesoporous amorphous siliceousThe main objective of this thesis is to investigate the characteristics of rice husk ash RHA) and then its behaviour in self-compacting high performance concrete (SCHPC) with respects to rheological properties, hydration and microstructure development and alkali silica reaction, in comparison with silica fume (SF). The main results show that the RHA is a macro-mesoporous amorphous siliceous material with a very high silica content comparable with SF. The pore size distribution is the most important parameter of RHA besides amorphous silica content. This parameter affects pore volume, specific surface area, and thus the water demand and the pozzolanic reactivity of RHA and its behaviour in SCHPC. The incorporation of RHA decreases filling and passing abilities, but significantly increases plastic viscosity and segregation resistance of SCHPC. Therefore, RHA can be used as a viscosity modifying admixture for SCHPC. The incorporation of RHA increases the superplasticizer adsorption, the superplasticizer saturation dosage, yield stress and plastic viscosity of mortar. Fresh mortar formulated from SCHPC is a shear-thickening material. The incorporation of RHA/SF ecreases the shearthickening degree. The incorporation of RHA/SF increases the degree of cement hydration. SF appears more effective at 3 days possibly due to the better nucleation site effect, whereas RHA dominates at the later ages possibly due to the internal water curing effect. The incorporation of RHA/SF increases the degree of C3S hydration, particularly the C3S hydration rate from 3 to 14 days. The pozzolanic reaction takes place outside and inside RHA particles. The internal pozzolanic eaction products consolidate the pores inside RHA particles rather than contribute to the pore refinement in the cement matrix. In the presence of the high alkali concentration, RHA particles act as microreactive aggregates and react with alkali hydroxide to generate the expansive alkali silica reaction products. Increasing the particle size and temperature increases the alkali silica reactivity of RHA. The mechanism for the successive pozzolanic and alkali silica reactions of RHA is theorized. Additionally, a new simple mix design method is proposed for SCHPC containing various supplementary cementitious materials, i.e. RHA, SF, fly ash and limestone powder.show moreshow less

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Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Author:Dr.-Ing Ha Thanh Le
DOI (Cite-Link):https://doi.org/10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.2373Cite-Link
URN (Cite-Link):https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20150310-23730Cite-Link
ISBN:978-3-00-048928-0
Publisher:Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, F.A. Finger- Institut für Baustoffkunde, Professur Werkstoffe des Bauens
Place of publication:Weimar
Referee:Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Viet Tue Nguyen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Dehn
Advisor:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst-Michael LudwigORCiDGND
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/03/10
Year of first Publication:2015
Date of final exam:2015/02/03
Release Date:2015/03/10
Publishing Institution:Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Granting Institution:Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen
Institutes and partner institutions:Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen / F. A. Finger-Institut für Baustoffkunde (FIB)
Pagenumber:181
Tag:Alkali silica reaction; Hydration and microstructure; Internal pozzolanic reactivity; Macro-mesoporous structure; Mix design method; Rheological property; Rice husk ash; Self-compacting high performance concrete; Supplementary cementitious materials; external pozzolanic reactivity
GND Keyword:Werkstoffkunde
Dewey Decimal Classification:600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften
BKL-Classification:51 Werkstoffkunde
Licence (German):License Logo Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)