S. Iravani et Jg. Macgregor, SUSTAINED LOAD STRENGTH AND SHORT-TERM STRAIN BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE, ACI materials journal, 95(5), 1998, pp. 636-647
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Construcion & Building Technology","Material Science
A test program was carried out on 100 x 200 mm cylinders to study both
the compressive strength under high sustained stresses and the short-
term strain behavior of high-strength concrete. The sustained load spe
cimens were subjected to sustained stresses for 3 months, if they did
not fail sooner. The concretes had 56-day strengths of 65 to 120 MPa (
9425 to 17,400 psi). Sustained load stresses ranged from 70 to 95 perc
ent of the short-term strength. The effects of strain gradient and sil
ica fume were also studied. In addition, stress-strain curves, volumet
ric strains, and Poisson's ratio were measured in monotonic short-time
tests. The ratio of the sustained load strength for specimens loaded
for 90 days to the short-term strength of ultra-high-strength silica f
ume concrete was found to be 10 to 15 percent higher than that of norm
al-strength concrete while the sustained load strength ratio for high-
strength concrete was found to be similar to normal-strength concrete.
The sustained load strength ratio for high-strength concrete under sm
all eccentric loads was found to be approximately 5 percent higher tha
n that under concentric loads. There is a correlation between the sust
ained load strength of high-strength concrete and the stress at which
the short-term stress-strain curves deviate from a straight line. The
volumetric strain, Poisson's ratio, and sustained load studies load st
udies show that while the short-time stress-strain characteristic of h
igh-strength concrete are similar to those of rock, its long-term beha
vior is similar to normal-strength concrete and is dominated with its
composite nonhomogeneous structure, creep of the paste, and time-depen
dent deformation.