Stereology- and Morphology-Based Pore Structure Descriptors of Enhanced Porosity (Pervious) Concretes
Stereology- and Morphology-Based Pore Structure Descriptors of Enhanced Porosity (Pervious) Concretes
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DOI:
10.14359/51663143
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发表时间:
2009-09
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1.7
通讯作者:
Milani S. Sumanasooriya;N. Neithalath
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作者:
Milani S. Sumanasooriya;N. Neithalath
In the structural and functional performance of enhanced porosity concrete (EPC) (or pervious concrete) and other macroporous materials, porosity, pore sizes and their distribution, connectivity, and specific surface area and other pore structure features play dominant roles. Analysis of such EPC features is dealt with in this paper using mathematical morphology and stereological techniques. Similar porosity values for the studied mixtures were provided by a morphological method based on two-point correlation and stereological methods based on area and line fractions. Lower porosity was shown by single-sized aggregate EPC mixtures than blended aggregate mixtures. Smaller pore sizes are found to result from higher proportions of smaller sized aggregates in the mixture. There is definition of an effective pore diameter based on a critical size based on opening granulometric density function, a two-point correlation based characteristic size, and pore size distribution of equivalent diameters. The pore sizes of the blended aggregate mixtures lie in between those of mixtures in which single-sized aggregates make up the blend. Good correspondence is seen between the inverse of the specific surface areas of pores and the effective pore diameter and correlation lengths, whereas there is linear relation of the mean free spacing between pores and these quantities. There is comparison of stereology-based three-dimensional pore distribution density indicating preconnectivity and a hydraulic connectivity factor for permeability, and the latter is shown to be a more sensitive parameter through which EPC specimens made with different size aggregates can be distinguished.