Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the effects of rice husk ash (RHA) on itself activity and its concrete performance at different preparation temperatures for which three temperatures of 650 °C, 800 °C, and 900 °C were considered. To find a reasonable particle size, the effect of the particle size of the RHA on the workability of concrete at various grinding times was studied. A series of experiments were carried out to study the characteristics of the RHA, including X-ray fluorescence, XRD, ESEM, and an activity test. The carbonation resistance and frost resistance of concrete incorporating RHA were also investigated, where 10 and 30 wt.-% of cement was considered. The results show that the surface area of the RHA first increases and then decreases with grinding time. When the RHA is ground for 30 min, its surface area is largest and the workability of its mixture is also best. The burning temperature has little effect on the amount of SiO2. Although the structure and activity of SiO2 in RHA change at different burning temperatures, the performance of concrete incorporating RHA is higher than that of control concrete without RHA. With the same content of RHA, both carbonization resistance and frost resistance decrease with an increasing burning temperature of RHA. At the same burning temperature, both carbonization resistance and frost resistance increase with an increasing amount of RHA. Among all types of mixtures, the mixture incorporating 30 % RHA burned at 650 °C (i. e., RHA650) yields the best performance.
Funding statement: The authors are grateful for the financial support from the Department of Science and Technology, Fujian Province, China (NO.2019Y0044).
About the authors
Erbu Tian, born in 1981, is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering at Sanming University, Sanming, Fujian, 365004, China. His focus is on civil engineering materials, solid waste recycling and utilization, cement concrete pavement.
Y. Frank Chen, born in 1956, is currently Tenured Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, USA. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA in 1988. He specializes in dynamic soil-structure interaction, computational methods, bridge engineering, foundations, dynamic-load resistant designs, geo-environmental engineering, and construction materials.
Yizhou Zhuang, born in 1964, is currently a Tenured Professor at the Zhejiang University of Technogy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. He obtained his 2nd PhD degree from Wayne State University, Michigan, USA in 2007. He specializes in cementitious materials, soil-structure-pile interaction, bridge engineering, and structural engineering.
Wuhua Zeng, born in 1986, is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering at Sanming University, Sanming, Fujian, 365004, China. He obtained his PhD degree at Fuzhou University, China in 2014. His focus is on bridge engineering, subgrade and pavement engineering, tunnel engineering, seismic design of engineering structures and cementitious materials.
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