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Prof. Geert De Schutter

at Univ Gent

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2023 Paper

Monitoring of fresh concrete exposed to various environmental conditions using Acoustic Emission (AE) and Digital Image Correlation (DIC)

Eleni Korda, Eleni Tsangouri, Didier Snoeck, Geert De Schutter, Dimitrios Aggelis

Proceedings Volume 12487, 1248712 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2662222

KEYWORDS: Digital image correlation, Shrinkage, Environmental monitoring, Cements, Acoustic emission, Speckle pattern, Sensors, Mixtures, Polymers, Matrices

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Early-age concrete undergoes displacements and volume changes due to ongoing processes such as settlement, hydration, shrinkage, and cracking, which can strongly affect its durability and long-term performance. In this paper, fresh concrete is monitored by the non-destructive techniques of Acoustic Emission (AE) and Digital Image Correlation (DIC). Elastic waves released by the physical processes taking place while concrete is in a fresh state can be well-recorded by AE, while the three-dimensional strain and displacement evolution on the surface can be measured by DIC. Monitoring fresh concrete is of paramount importance to ensure the desired final mechanical properties, especially when novel admixtures for internal curing such as SuperAbsorbent Polymers (SAPs) are added to the mixture. SAPs are particles that can swell by absorbing water when exposed to it, and later release it back to the cementitious matrix when the internal relative humidity linked to the capillary pressure decreases, mitigating autogenous shrinkage. These admixtures strongly interact with the microstructure, resulting in an increased amount of AE activity. The motivation of this study is to obtain real-time information on the different ongoing processes in fresh concrete using AE and compare the results to concrete containing SAPs. Specimens are subjected to different environmental conditions, to monitor the changes in the SAP activity. Results are complemented by DIC to confirm the mitigation of shrinkage by the SAPs. The DIC results showed that SAPs mitigate settlement and shrinkage in early-age concrete, while AE showed SAP concrete exposed to windy conditions demonstrated a delay in the SAP activation, lower amplitude values and higher peak frequency values than the ambient SAP concrete.

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