Update on New Era Testing - ConcreteStateJohn Cunningham, Xuhao Wang, Peter Taylor . 2 The Latest...
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Update on New Era Testing
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John Cunningham, Xuhao Wang, Peter Taylor
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The Latest Technologies All in One
CP Tech Center
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Who Needs More Testing?
• Performance Engineered Concrete
Pavement Mixtures (AASHTO PP84)
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Why Bother?
• Current approaches
May not measure critical parameters
Are often built around previous failures –
thereby introducing unintended consequences
Limit innovation
• Need to deliver mixtures that meet
needs, reliably
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A Better Specification
• For measuring the things that matter
Transport properties (everywhere)
Aggregate stability (everywhere)
Strength (everywhere)
Cold weather resistance (cold regions)
Shrinkage (dry regions)
Workability (everywhere)
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What Next?
• Understanding and education
What and why
• Validate tests in the field
Reliability
Efficiency
• New tests
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Transport (Resistance to Fluids)
• Resistivity Then calculate formation factor based on
Moisture
Temperature
Geometry
Curing conditions
Ionic concentration of the pore solution
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Transport (Resistance to Fluids)
• Drop Test Assess the quality of paste in an exposed surface at
a local scale of less than 0.5 in2
20µL
Measure time to loose sheen
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Transport (Resistance to Fluids)
• Drop Test Calibration (56 days)
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Transport (Resistance to Fluids)
• Drop Test Example results
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Aggregate Stability
• AAR Follow PP65
• D-Cracking Follow local practice (i.e., IPA in Iowa)
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Strength
• Compressive or flexural
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Cold Weather Resistance
• Freeze Thaw (air void system) Super air meter (SAM) – AASHTO TP118
Pump to 3 pressures in 2 cycles
Dial reports a “SAM number”
Ley 2016
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Cold Weather Resistance
• Freeze Thaw (time to saturation) Absorption of water – ASTM C1585
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Cold Weather Resistance
• Resistance to salts Expansive calcium oxychloride formation
From MgCl2 and CaCl2
Measure with – low temperature differential scanning
calorimetry (LT-DSC)
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Cold Weather Resistance
• LT-DSC (AASHTO T365) results
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Cold Weather Resistance
• Paste expansion test (ISU) – assess the ability
to resist oxychloride formation
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Shrinkage
• Cracking risk
• Warping
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Shrinkage
• Ring test - ASTM C1581
Assesses cracking risk
Starts immediately
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Shrinkage
• Dual ring test
Measure both expansion and contraction
Force a temperature gradient in the concrete
Weiss
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Workability
• Owner should not really care, but
Too wet = edge slump
Too dry = poor consolidation & air loss
Good indicator of uniformity and consistency
Need a measure of
the response to vibration
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Workability
• Kelly ball test Developed in the 1950s in US
Standardized in California DOT test
Comparable to slump test
1.1 to 2.0 times the Kelly ball reading
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Workability
• Vibrating Kelly Ball Test – AASHTO TP129 Measure initial slump (initial penetration)
Start vibrator for 36 seconds at 8000 vpm
Record depth every 6 seconds
Repeat
Plot on root time
Calculate slope = VKelly Index
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Workability
• VKelly Index
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Workability
• Effect of the aggregate system …
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• Box Test
• A simple test that examines: Response to vibration
Filling ability of the grout (avoid internal voids)
Ability of the
concrete to hold
an edge
Workability
12”
12”
12”
Ley
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Workability
• The edges of the box are then removed and
inspected for honey combing and edge slump
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QC
• QC reassures contractor that the mix will get
there
Unit weight
Calorimetry
Maturity
Strength development
Air void stability
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QC
• Calorimetry
Tells us about the chemistry of the system
(uniformity and compatibility)
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QC
• Maturity
Sensors in the pavement determine in-place
maturity and thereby strength for opening
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QC
• Foam drainage
Air void systems can change with
working/pumping
Depends on system chemistry
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What Else?
• Intelligent Compaction
• What about the ride?
• When should I saw?
• Finding the flaws
• Sensor technologies
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Construction
• Foundations – intelligent compaction
White
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Construction
• Real time smoothness
Allows contractor to learn and control critical
activities
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Field Investigation
• Base on time-of-flight of light (LIDAR)
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Field Investigation
• LIDAR output
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When to Saw?
• Ultrasonic P-wave velocity
Measure speed of a compression wave
through a sample
Governed by dynamic modulus of elasticity,
Poisson’s ratio, and density (Biot’s theory)
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When to Saw?
• Lab data
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When to Saw?
• Field data
Early entry saw
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When to Saw?
• Field data
Conventional saw
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Finding the Steel
• Sensors
MIT Scan-2
MIT Scan-T2
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Finding Flaws
• GPR Scan
• MIRA
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Whew
• Use the right test for the right purpose at the
right time
• It can keep us out of trouble