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Recommendation of RILEM TC 281-CCC: Test method to determine the effect of uniaxial compression load and uniaxial tension load on concrete carbonation depth

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The combination of environmental actions and mechanical load, which most structural concretes are subjected to, has a synergetic effect on the durability of concrete. The comparative test conducted by RILEM TC 281-CCC WG4 demonstrated and quantified the effect of an applied mechanical load on carbonation performance of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials. Although the effect of loading on the chemical durability of concrete should be taken into consideration for the development of realistic service life predictions, they have been widely overlooked so far. This recommendation proposed by RILEM TC 281-CCC WG4 proposes a testing method for determining the effect of applied load on the carbonation rate of concrete. It specifies a detailed experimental procedure to determine the carbonation development of concretes subjected to compressive and tensile loads. Therefore this recommendation will support the consideration of such combined effects in design codes.

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Acknowledgements

This recommendation has been prepared within RILEM TC 281-CCC WG4. We would like to express our deepest appreciation to Susan A. Bernal Lopez and John Provis who spent great effort to modify the manuscript. The contribution of all TC members in the discussion during the preparation of this recommendation and their final reading and approval of the document is gratefully acknowledged as well.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Green Building Materials, China Building Materials Academy, Beijing, 100024, People’s Republic of China

    Yan Yao, Ling Wang, Juan Li, Xinyu Shi, Cheng Zhang, Bin Li & Zhendi Wang

  2. Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory for Structural Engineering and Building Materials, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium

    Nele De Belie, Philip Van Den Heede & Zhiyuan Liu

  3. Department of Civil and Architecture, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark

    Xinyu Shi

  4. Zhuhai UM Science and Technology Research Institute, Zhuhai, 519000, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhang

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India

    Visalakshi Talakokula

  6. School of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, 266000, People’s Republic of China

    Zuquan Jin & Chuansheng Xiong

  7. School of Civil Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People’s Republic of China

    Jingzhou Lu & Yu Huang

  8. Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (LGCGM), INSA Rennes, 20 Avenue Des Buttes de Coësmes, 35700, Rennes, France

    Siham Kamali-Bernard

  9. Department of Civil Engineering, Sharda University, Noida, India

    Tushar Bansal

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TC 281-CCC Membership

TC Chair: Prof. Nele De Belie.

Deputy Chair: Prof. Susan Bernal Lopez.

Members: Natalia Alderete, Carmen Andrade, Ueli Angst, Tushar Bansal, Véronique Baroghel-Bouny, Muhammed P.a. Basheer, Nele De Belie, Susan Bernal Lopez, Hans D. Beushausen, Leon Black, Aires Camoes, Servando Chinchón-Payá, Özlem Cizer, Gisela Paola Cordoba, Martin Cyr, Patrick Dangla, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Katja Dombrowski-Daube, Vilma Ducman, Yogarajah Elakneswaran, Jan Elsen, Juan Manuel Etcheverry, Miren Etxeberria, Ana Maria Fernandez-Jimenez, Lander Frederickx, Cassandre Le Galliard, Inès Garcia Lodeiro, Daniel Geddes, Christoph Gehlen, Mette Geiker, Guoqing Geng, Bahman Ghiassi, Gregor Gluth, Cyrill Grengg, Elke Gruyaert, R. Doug Hooton, Bruno Huet, Yu Huang, Andres Idiart, Ivan Ignjatovic, Kei-Ichi Imamoto, Shiju Joseph, Zuquan Jin, Siham Kamali-Bernard, Antonis Kanellopoulos, Xinyuan Ke, Sylvia Kessler, Heejeong Kim, Sabine Kruschwitz, Namkon Lee, Bin Li, Juan Li, Ning Li, Tung Chai Ling, Zhiyuan Liu, Qing-Feng Liu, Barbara Lothenbach, Jingzhou Lu, Isabel Martins, José Fernando Martirena-Hernandez, César Medina Martinez, Renjie Mi, Fabrizio Moro, Shishir Mundra, Yeakleang Muy, Marija Nedeljkovic, Kolawole A. Olonade, José Pacheco, Christian Paglia, Angel Palomo, Sol Moi Park, Ravi Patel, Janez Perko, Quoc Tri Phung, Elodie Piolet, John L. Provis, Francisca Puertas, Nuria Rebolledo, Marlene Sakoparnig, Javier Sanchez Montero, Francesco Santoro, Sriram Pradeep Saridhe, Karen Scrivener, Marijana Serdar, Xinyu Shi, Zhenguo Shi, Kosmas K. Sideris, Ruben Snellings, Matteo Stefanoni, Charlotte Thiel, Karl Christian Thienel, Ilda Tole, Luca Valentini, Philip Van Den Heede, Hanne Vanoutrive, Yury Andrés Villagran Zaccardi, Visalakshi Talakokula, Anya Vollpracht, Stefanie Von Greve-Dierfeld, Brant Walkley, Fazhou Wang, Ling Wang, Zhendi Wang, Jinxin Wei, Lia Weiler, Bei Wu, Chuansheng Xiong, Yan Yao, Guang Ye, Maciej Zajac, Cheng Zhang, Zengfeng Zhao, Semion Zhutovsky.

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TC 281-CCC WG4 Chair: Prof. Yan Yao, Prof. Ling Wang, Prof. Juan Li.

Deputy Chair: Dr. Xinyu Shi.

Members: Tushar Bansal, Muhammed P.A. Basheer, Nele De Belie, Susan Bernal Lopez, Yu Huang, Ivan Ignjatovic, Zuquan Jin, Siham Kamali-Bernard, Antonis Kanellopoulos, Bin Li, Juan Li, Zhiyuan Liu, Jingzhou Lu, Kolawole A. Olonade, Quoc Tri Phung, Elodie Piolet, Xinyu Shi, Philip Van Den Heede, Visalakshi Talakokula, Ling Wang, Zhendi Wang, Chuansheng Xiong, Yan Yao, Cheng Zhang.

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Yao, Y., Wang, L., Li, J. et al. Recommendation of RILEM TC 281-CCC: Test method to determine the effect of uniaxial compression load and uniaxial tension load on concrete carbonation depth. Mater Struct 56, 121 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-023-02203-y

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