Abstract
The compressive stress–strain behaviors of early-aged cementitious grout specimens were experimentally investigated, and the differences of characteristic parameters of the stress–strain curve and the energy evolution law of each specimen under uniaxial compression were discussed in this study. The results indicate that with an increase in the specimen age, the peak stress, peak strain, ultimate strain, elastic modulus, peak secant modulus, strain ductility coefficient, and energy-dissipation coefficient of the prism specimens gradually improved. Additionally, a comparison of the test results of cementitious grout specimens and concrete specimens with the same age reveals that the peak stress, peak strain, and ultimate strain of cementitious grout specimens were greater than that of concrete specimens, the elastic modulus and peak secant modulus of the specimens were less than that of concrete specimens, and the strain ductility coefficient and energy-dissipation coefficient show no consistent conclusions with respect to the material type. Moreover, comparing the energy evolution curves of specimens with different specimen ages shows that the decrease rate of the elastic strain rate and the increase rate of the dissipated energy rate gradually decreased with the increase in specimen age. The elastic strain rate and dissipated energy rate of the CGM−270 specimen and control specimens were greater than that of other specimens, and the decrease rate of the elastic strain rate was less than that of other specimens. Based on the statistical damage theory, a statistically stochastic damage constitutive model was derived by considering the characteristics of cementitious grout according to the compression test results. A comparison of the proposed models with the experimental results indicated that the proposed stress–strain constitutive models were sufficiently accurate.
Highlights
A cementitious grouting material has the characteristics of good fluidity, micro expansion, the rapid development of early strength, and high strength after mixing with water in a certain proportion, and have been widely used in the reconstruction and reinforcement of concrete structures as a strengthening material [1,2]
For reinforced concrete structural members strengthened with cementitious grout, investigation of the stress–strain behavior of the cementitious grout and the development of stress–strain constitutive models are necessary for bearing capacity analysis
There are some differences among the experimental cube compressive strength of the four groups of cementitious grout specimens, the results were described by the same mathematical model for the convenience of application
Summary
A cementitious grouting material has the characteristics of good fluidity (vibrationfree), micro expansion, the rapid development of early strength (the 3-day compressive strength is larger than 40 MPa), and high strength (greater than 60 MPa) after mixing with water in a certain proportion, and have been widely used in the reconstruction and reinforcement of concrete structures as a strengthening material [1,2]. Owing to their widespread application, cementitious grouts have attracted research attention [3,4,5,6,7,8,9].
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