Abstract
The impact of high temperature on the fresh, age-dependent strength and microstructure properties of low and high content fly ash mortars has been examined in the current investigation. Cement was replaced with fly ash by 0%, 10%, 25%, 40% and 50% on an equal weight basis. The mortar specimens were prepared using blended cement (i.e. cement + fly ash): fine aggregate proportion of 1:3 and water to binder proportion ranging from 0.415 to 0.44 and cured under water for the ages varying from 7 to 90 days. Then, the specimens were dried and then exposed to one heating-cooling cycle of high temperatures starting from 100 °C to 500 °C at an interval of 100 °C for 3 h. The residual strength of blended mortar in compression was measured and compared with plain mortar strength. The morphological characteristics using scanning electron microscopy has also been observed. The blended mortar containing 10% fly ash when exposed up to 500 °C temperatures gives better performance. The microstructure analysis showed that plain mortar at 500 °C is having larger micro-cracks formation and growth than blended mortar containing 10% fly ash. A model is proposed for the prediction of age-dependent compressive strength of blended mortar after heating at high temperature and found good agreement with experiments. The proposed model will be useful in concrete construction and also contribute to sustainable development. Using the proposed model, the age-dependent strength of fly ash mortar at elevated temperature can be predicted, when 28 days strength of plain mortar at ambient temperature is available.
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