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The macroscopic mechanical behaviors of concrete are dependent on its meso-structure and components, and pore-water should have a significant effect on the mechanical properties of wet concrete. At the meso-scale, unsaturated concrete is assumed to be a multi-phase composite composed of concrete matrix, saturated pore-water, dry and unsaturated pores. A two-step mechanical homogenization technique is introduced for evaluation of the global mechanical properties of unsaturated concrete. Based on the homogenization model, the quantitative relationships are derived between concrete porosity, saturation and the macro-mechanical properties including the modulus of elasticity, Poisson's ratio, the effective tensile strength and peak tensile strain of unsaturated concrete. A comparison between the present theoretical results and Yaman et al.'s experimental ones in the extreme state indicates that the proposed approach is applicable to predict the effective mechanical properties of wet concrete. Moreover, it can be concluded that the modulus of elasticity, Poisson's ratio, tensile strength and peak tensile strain of unsaturated concrete increase as the degree of saturation increases; the peak tensile strain of wet concrete with higher saturation decreases with increasing the porosity, while that with lower saturation increases as concrete porosity increases.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
ISSN: 0559-9350
Year: 2013
Issue: 11
Volume: 44
Page: 1317-1325,1332
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ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
JCR Journal Grade:2
CAS Journal Grade:3
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