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Physical Properties and Behaviour of High-Performance Concrete at High Temperature

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This chapter report the most recent experimental results on mechanical behaviour at high temperature of high-performance concretes. After a short introduction, Sect. 5.2 describes the main testing methods that were used in the analysed studies. Section 5.3 collects and compares the temperature-dependency of the compressive strength and modulus of elasticity of many experimental studies. The influence of parameters such as the initial compressive strength, the type of aggregate, the presence of additions, the W/C ratio, the moisture content and the way the mechanical test was performed is analysed. Section 5.4 presents the experimental results obtained under a constant temperature, i.e. creep tests at high temperature. Section 5.5 presents experimental results obtained under increasing temperature. These results allow assessing the free thermal strain of concrete (when no mechanical load is applied) and the so-called “transient thermal strain”. Finally, Sect. 5.6 collects and analyses the few results concerning the temperature-dependency of the tensile strength of high-performance concretes.

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  1. Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB), Université Paris-Est, Marne la Vallée, France

    Pierre Pimienta

  2. Institute of Mechanics and Engineering (I2M), University of Bordeaux, 33405, Talence, France

    Jean-Christophe Mindeguia

  3. Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering (LGCIE), INSA-Lyon, 9621, Villeurbanne, France

    Gérard Debicki

  4. Universität Rostock, FG Baustoffe, Kompetenzzentrum Bau M-V, Postfach 1210, 23952, Wismar, Germany

    Ulrich Diederichs

  5. Institute of Building Materials and Structures, Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Izabela Hager

  6. KREBS+KIEFER Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    Sven Huismann

  7. Independent Building Materials Professional, Espoo, Finland

    Ulla-Maija Jumppanen

  8. Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Génie Mécanique, INSA de Rennes, Rennes, France

    Fekri Meftah

  9. Institute of Building Materials and Structures, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland

    Katarzyna Mróz

  10. Department 7 Safety of Structures, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205, Berlin, Germany

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Pimienta, P. et al. (2019). Mechanical Properties. In: Pimienta, P., Jansson McNamee, R., Mindeguia, JC. (eds) Physical Properties and Behaviour of High-Performance Concrete at High Temperature. RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95432-5_5

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