Acoustic emission due to fatigue damage mechanisms in high-strength concrete with different aggregates

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Abstract

The behaviour of high-strength concrete under compressive fatigue loading was investigated within a research project of the priority programme SPP 2020. In this paper, results concerning the influence of the type of coarse aggregate on the fatigue behaviour of high-strength concrete, with focus on the acoustic emission analysis, are presented comparatively. Two high-strength concretes with basalt and granite as coarse aggregate are investigated using two stress levels Sc,max = 0.85 and Sc,max = 0.70. Both concretes show similar characteristics of acoustic emission signals for the higher stress level. But for the lower stress level considerable differing characteristic are identified for the granite concrete. This might be an indication for a differing fatigue damage mechanism due to the type of aggregate. The damage mechanisms observed in experiments or rather the crack propagation are simulated using XFEM. Therefore a first modelling approach is presented.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems
EditorsAlphose Zingoni
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages1491-1496
Number of pages6
ISBN (print)9781138386969
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesAdvances in Engineering Materials, Structures and Systems: Innovations, Mechanics and Applications

Conference

Title7th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation
Abbreviated titleSEMC 2019
Conference number7
Duration2 - 4 September 2019
Degree of recognitionInternational event
CityCape Town
CountrySouth Africa

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-9453-1125/work/142237989