Evaluation of lightweight Concrete Core Test Including Steel Bars

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Wasit University, Wasit, Iraq

2 Department of Materials Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

In many steel reinforced concrete members, steel bars are not avoidable during concrete core drilling and the presence of these steel bars have a direct impact on the results of this test. This study aims to examine the effect of steel bars presence on the test results of recycled aggregate lightweight concrete (LWC) cores. For the purpose, one lightweight concrete mix was made with a total number of 48 concrete cores were taken from a slab having the dimensions of 1 m width, 1.5 m length and 0.15m thickness. Each core has the dimensions of 90 mm in diameter and 150 mm in height. Three different sizes of steel bars (12, 16 and 20 mm) were used in six different locations (25, 45 and 65 mm) from the base of the core and (15 and 30 mm) from the center line of the core. A recycled crashed clay brick (CCB) was used as an alternative to the coarse aggregate. Compare to the density of the normal concrete (2400 kg/m3), the LWC was able to achieve nearly 20% reduction of the total weight by fully replacing of normal aggregate with CCB. It has been found that the presence of the steel increases the compressive strength of the LWC cores. This effect is more noticeable when the location of the steel bar is near to the mid-height or the centerline of the concrete core. Also, the influence of the steel bar diameter has increased by increasing the size of the steel bar.

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International Journal of Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 6
TRANSACTIONS C: Aspects
June 2023
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