Acoustic Emission Test of Marble Powder Concrete

Fujiang Wang, Liyun Fan (), Yihu Chen, Zhaohua Wan and Fabiao Liu
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Fujiang Wang: College of Civil Engineering and Architectural, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Liyun Fan: College of Civil Engineering and Architectural, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Yihu Chen: College of Civil Engineering and Architectural, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Zhaohua Wan: College of Civil Engineering and Architectural, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Fabiao Liu: College of Architecture and Electrical Engineering, Hezhou University, Hezhou 542899, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: Uniaxial compression tests were carried out based on acoustic emission technology to study the rule and process of the damage evolution of marble powder concrete (MPC) under compression. The fracture characteristics of MPC are examined by analyzing the variation characteristics of acoustic emission signal parameters. The damage evolution model of MPC is established based on the characteristic parameters. The results showed that the strength loss rate of MPC decreased with the curing time, and the maximum strength loss rate of 28 d was 6.2% when the substitution percentage was 15%. According to the analysis of acoustic emission parameters, the compression failure process of MPC can be divided into three stages, the acoustic emission activity is higher in the early stage of loading, the relative stress during critical instability failure is reduced, and the substitution percentage is reduced by 4.2% at 15%. MPC is mainly fractured by tensile failure. With the increase in marble powder substitution percentage, the proportion of tensile mode cracks in stages I and II decreased. The proportion in stage III showed an increasing trend, and the failure characteristics gradually changed from brittleness to ductility. The fluctuation amplitude of the b-value increased with the substitution percentage, and the highest volatility was 18.5% when the substitution percentage was 15%. The crack propagation behavior gradually changed from stable growth to unstable growth. When the substitution percentage is lower than 15%, the damage development of MPC in the middle of stress (relative stress 20~70%) is relatively slow, and the damage development is accelerated in the late stress stage.

Keywords: marble powder concrete; acoustic emission; fracture patterns; b-value; evolutionary damage mode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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