Effects of PFA and GGBS on Early-Ages Engineering Properties of Portland Cement Systems
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Abstract
A comprehensive study is presented on the effects of pulverised fly ash (PFA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) on early-age engineering properties of Portland cement (PC) systems. It has been found that partially replacing PC by PFA or GGBS resulted in longer setting times but better workability with PFA exhibiting more prominent effect than GGBS. As the replacement level increased, the setting of both PFA and GGBS pastes further delayed but workability of concrete was enhanced. PFA concretes exhibited consistently lower compression and splitting tensile strengths than PC ones. As the replacement level increased, strengths decreased. At the replacement level up to 30% by mass, GGBS concrete exhibited higher splitting tensile strength than PC concrete. However, as the replacement level further increased, it developed lower strength than PC concrete up to 21 days. Then, it managed to gain higher splitting tensile strength than PC concrete at the replacement levels up to 70% by mass at 28 days. Both PFA and GGBS can reduce drying shrinkage and the reduction effects became more significant as replacement level increased with GGBS performing better than PFA. Adding fibres into PFA concrete increased its splitting tensile strength and further reduced its drying shrinkage.
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OpenAlex topics: Concrete and Cement Materials Research · Innovative concrete reinforcement materials · Concrete Properties and Behavior
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School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK.
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