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Investigation on chemical prestressing in pressure reinforced concrete pipes

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It resulted that the addition of the expansive agent (CSA) to produce self-stresses in pressure reinforced concrete pipes, also produced small increases in strength of concrete (with restrained expansion; notable reductions, on the contrary, with free expansion).

A first steam curing (5 hours at 55°C) caused reductions in expansion of about33–35%.

The ultimate pressure of pipe grew notably with addition of CSA, but the increase accompanied by higher data dispersion, resulted inferior, and not inferior in the same proportion for the various CSA quantities, to what had been theoretically predicted with data obtained from measurements on specimens.

This investigation showed how chemical prestressing effects are undoubtedly notable, but that it results still difficult to foresee with precision the effective final results, because the prestressing phenomenon is strongly influenced by several factors, the role of which is not yet quite well-known. Therefore, this must be better clarified, if we wish to avoid compromising the results by small fluctuations in values of the various parameters involved (practically inevitable in industrial manufacturing).

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On montre que l'addition d'un agent d'expansion (CSA) pour provoquer des auto-contraintes dans des conduites sous-pression en béton armé détermine aussi de petites augmentations de la résistance du béton (avec expansion limitée; au contraire, les diminutions sont notables avec une expansion libre).

Une première cure à la vapeur(54–55°C) réduit l'expansion d'environ33–35%.

La pression ultime des conduites augmente notablement avec l'addition de CSA, mais cette augmentation qui s'accompagne d'une plus forte dispersion des résultats, peut être inférieure, et non dans la même proportion pour les différentes quantités de CSA, à celle théoriquement déterminée à partir des résultats de mesure sur échantillon.

Cette étude montre que les effets de précontrainte chimique sont sans aucun doute notables mais qu'il est encore difficile de prévoir avec précision les résultats finals effectifs étant donné que le phénomène de précontrainte est influencé par plusieurs facteurs dont le rôle n'est pas encore bien connu. Par conséquent, ceci demande à être élucidé si l'on veut éviter de compromettre les résultats par de petites fluctuations des valeurs des divers paramètres en jeu (ce qui est pratiquement inévitable dans le processus industriel).

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Casti, U., Pozzo, E. Investigation on chemical prestressing in pressure reinforced concrete pipes. Mat. Constr. 11, 407–413 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02475114

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