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... 30 Results, Interpretation, and Application This chapter presents test results and provides interpretation of the findings. Proposed changes to the current AASHTO LRFD design and construction specifications are presented in Attachment A
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... 31 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0 50 100 150 200 Pl as tic V isc o sit y (P a-s ) Dynamic Yield Stress (Pa)
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... 32 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JR in g ∆H (i n.) Slump Flow (in.)
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... 33 and ¾ in. NMSA showed poor dynamic stability, making them inappropriate for long or deep components.
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... 34 2.2 Early-Age Concrete Properties 2.2.1 Formwork Pressure Figure 2-10 shows the ratio of maximum exerted lateral pressure to hydrostatic pressure (Pmaximum/Phydrostatic) for SCC and CVC mixtures.
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... 35 (a) Ratio of Pmaximum/Phydrostatic versus thixotropy.
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... 36 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 M ax im u m In cr ea se o f T em pe ra tu re (˚ F) Elapsed Time (hr.)
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... 37 209, 1997) for CVC with cement type I/II and moist curing conditions.
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... 38 mixtures containing limestone aggregate was slightly higher than the MOE of SCC mixtures containing gravel aggregate, as reported by an earlier study (Mokhtarzadeh and French, 2000) ; K1 values of 1.0 and 0.95 are proposed for the limestone and gravel aggregates used in this study, respectively.
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... 39 mixtures was approximately 20% less than that predicted for CVC (an earlier study, Parra, Valcuende, and Benlloch, 2007, reported 18% lower tensile strength)
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... 40 trend shown indicates that the pull-out bond strength of SCC was consistently lower than that of CVC (similar results were reported by König et al., 2001 and 2003 and Almeida, Nardin, and Gresce, 2005)
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... 41 flow SCC, high slump flow SCC, and CVC beams with the same reinforcement level. ANOVA data also indicated that the shear resistance of SCC and CVC mixtures was not significantly different at various reinforcement levels (similar to earlier results reported by Ebrahimi and Beygi, 2009)
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... 42 2.3.2 Visco-Elastic Properties Drying (Free) Shrinkage Figure 2-29 shows the measured drying shrinkage of SCC mixtures versus that predicted by AASHTO LRFD Equation 5.4.2.3.3-1 for CVC.
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... 43 (a) Shear cracking in a CVC beam.
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... 44 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 C Fly Ash GGBFS SCM/Filler Type F Fly Ash F Fly Ash + LSP A ve ra ge a n d sta nd ar d de vi at io n of m ea su re d dr yi n g sh rin ka ge a t 5 6 da ys (µ st ra in ) SCC CVC Figure 2-30.
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... 45 cracking potential of SCC mixtures was not significantly different from that of CVC mixtures with the same SCM (similar results were reported by See and Attiogbe, 2005)
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... (a) Air content versus spacing factor.
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... 47 or CVC) ; similar findings have been reported by Tang and Zhu (2007)
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... 48 placement rates, especially for mixtures with high thixotropy and high yield stress. The rheological properties of the SCC mixture used in column fabrication are provided in Appendix F
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... 49 Formed SCC Surface Max. Void Diameter (Dmax)
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... 50 Location First Column Second Column Bottom Middle Top Figure 2-41. Saw cuts at the bottom, middle, and top of the two pier columns.
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... 51 Figure 2-42. Saw cut at the middle of bridge pier cap.
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... 52 2.4.6 Air Void System Table 2-3 lists the air content measurements for the readymixed fresh SCC at the plant and at the job site after adding an additional dosage of HRWRA (the target air content was 6±1.5%)

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