The lining concrete of subsea tunnel services under combined hydraulic pressure, mechanical and environmental loads. The chloride ion and water penetrations into concrete under hydraulic pressure were investigated. The experimental results indicate that the water penetration depth, chloride ion transportation depth, and the concentration of chloride ion ingression into concrete increase with raised hydraulic pressure and hold press period. But the chloride ion transportation velocity is only 53% of that of water when concrete specimens are under hydraulic pressure. The chloride transportation coefficient of concrete decreases with hold press period as power function. And that would increase 500% 600% in chloride transportation coefficient when the hydraulic pressure increases from 0 to 1.2 MPa. The hydraulic pressure also decreases the bound chloride ion of concrete to about zero. Besides, the low water-cementitions materials and suitable content of mineral admixture(including fly ash and slag) improve the resistance capacity of chloride penetration, and binding capacity of concrete under hydraulic pressure.
Water movement in porous cement-based materials is of great importance when studying their deterioration processes and durability.Many traditional methods based on mass changes,electricity or nuclear magnetic resonances are available for studying water transport in cement-based materials.In this research,an advanced technique i.e.thermal neutron radiography was utilized to achieve visualization and quantification of time dependent water movement including water penetration and moisture vapor in porous cement-based materials through theoretical analysis and experimental study.Because thermal neutrons ex-perience a strong attenuation by hydrogen,neutron radiography exhibits high sensitivity to small amounts of water.A neutron transmission analysis for quantitative evaluation of raw radiographic measurements was developed and optimized based on point scattered functions(PScF).The determinations of the real time and space dependent water penetration into uncracked and cracked mortar samples,as well as the drying process have been presented in this paper.It is illustrated that thermal neutron radiography can be a useful research tool for visualization and quantification of water movement in porous building materials.The obtained results will help us to better understand deteriorating processes of cement-based materials and to find ways to improve their durability.
ZHANG Peng1,WITTMANN F H1,2,ZHAO TieJun1,LEHMANN E3 & JIN ZuQuan1 1 Center for Durability & Sustainability Studies of Shandong Province,Qingdao Technological University,Qingdao 266033,China
