Abstract
This report summarizes several years of research relating to damage to concrete and aggregates undergoing freezing and thawing. Basic principles involving freezing and attendant pressures are considered. Application of these principles to the evaluation of concrete was accomplished in experiments on concrete having low and high air contents.
Freeze-thaw characteristics of saturated aggregates relative to physical properties such as porosity, absorption, and bulk specific gravity were studied by submerging individual particles in pre-chilled mercury. Pressures associated with pop-outs in concrete were monitored and are presented along with accompanying theoretical considerations.
Report Date
12-1976
Report Number
No. 460
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1976.460
Repository Citation
Havens, James H. and Deen, Robert C., "A Possible Explanation of Concrete Pop-Outs" (1976). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 859.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/859
Notes
Offered for publication to the Transportation Research Board.