Improved durability testing for field placed concrete and emerging cement systems

越来越多的混凝土结构是根据性能规范建造的。这导致了行业的创新，因为生产商能够以新的方式利用传统材料或非常规材料，因为他们不再受到规定要求的限制。拟议的项目将包括对新兴水泥系统的耐久性调查；例如石灰石水泥、新开发的混合水泥和碱活化体系。性能规格通常包括在现场生产的样品上进行的标准化测试。不符合性能措施可以追溯到不当的混合料交付，但也可能是由于不良的施工实践。由于后者尚未得到很好的研究，因此计划检查当前耐久性试验对检测（识别）不良固化或固结混凝土的敏感性。

Increasingly, concrete structures are built according to performance-based specifications. This leads to innovation in the industry as producers are able to utilize traditional materials in new ways or unconventional materials since they are no longer constrained by prescriptive requirements. The proposed program will include durability investigations of emerging cement systems; such as limestone cements, newly developed blended cements, and alkali-activated systems. Performance specifications typically consist of standardized tests performed on site-produced specimens. Non-conformance to performance measures can be traced to improper mixture delivery, but could also result from poor construction practice. As the latter is not well studied, it is planned to examine the sensitivity of current durability tests for the detection (identification) of poorly cured or consolidated concrete.