Abstract
This work reports a detailed experimental study that is aimed at investigating the failure mechanisms of highly porous cementitious foams used as heat insulation under triaxial stress states. The designed target dry density of the considered foam mixture was 180 kg/m3 by setting the water-to-cement ratio of the considered cement paste to 0.4. The mechanical experiments were accompanied by thermal tests to observe the effect that specific air void structures have on the resulting insulation properties and by micro-to-meso geometric studies to identify and classify the inner structure of the considered mineralized foams. Unconfined compressive strengths were performed first, obtaining peak stresses of 0.252, 0.283, 0.223, and 0.251 (results in MPa), corresponding to peak strains of 39.0, 28.6, 45.3, and 20.6 (in ×10−3 mm/mm), respectively. Moreover, three triaxial confinement levels of 33%, 66%, and 90% of the mean uniaxial compressive strength (fc) were adopted. The results showed that a 33% confinement may cause a strength increase and an almost perfect elastic–plastic stress–strain behavior. However, higher levels of confinements (i.e., 66% and 90%) produced very unstable behaviors in terms of the final strength and stress–strain response.
Subject
Process Chemistry and Technology,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Bioengineering
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