Research Article

Parametric Assessment of Stress Development and Cracking in Internally Cured Restrained Mortars Experiencing Autogenous Deformations and Thermal Loading

Table 1

Summary of the sensitivity analysis of the dual ring test to variations in material properties and testing conditions (NA stands for not applicable).

Simulation IDVariableChange in elastic mod.Change in concrete COTEChange in invar COTEChange in rate of coolingChange in stress relax.Change in autog. shrink.Change in heat capacityChange in failure stressChange in age of crackingChange in rate of stress Dev.Change in temp. drop

Base Case0%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

− 12Elastic modulus (Section 4.1)−60%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−13.3%13.6%−54.7% 72.7%
− 18−40%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−6.7%6.8%−32.0% 36.4%
− 24−20%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−2.9%1.7%−15.0% 9.1%
− 3720%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%0.4%−1.7%13.3% −9.1%
− 4340%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%0.8%−3.4%25.4% −18.2%
− 4960%0%0%0%0%No Shr.0%0.8%−5.1%36.1% −27.3%

COTE − 2COTE of concrete (Section 4.2)0%−86%0%0%0%No Shr.0%NANA−92.7% NA
COTE − 40%−71%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−9.7%55.9%−70.8% 300.0%
COTE − 60%−57%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−6.1%27.1%−60.4% 145.5%
COTE − 100%−29%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−2.4%8.5%−31.5% 45.5%
COTE − 180%29%0%0%0%No Shr.0%−0.4%−3.4%31.9% −18.2%
COTE − 240%71%0%0%0%No Shr.0%0.3%−6.8%84.9% −36.4%

COTErest − 0COTE of Invar (Section 4.2)0%0%−100%0%0%No Shr.0%0.2%0.0%10.6% 0.0%
COTErest − 70%0%438%0%0%No Shr.0%−3.7%13.6%−45.8% 72.7%
COTErest − 120%0%823%0%0%No Shr.0%−10.5%81.4%−81.0% 436.4%
COTErest − 180%0%1285%0%0%No Shr.0%NANA−103.2% NA

− 0.5Rate of cooling (Section 4.3)0%0%0%−80%0%No Shr.0%−5.9%64.4%−72.3% 345.5%
− 10%0%0%−60%0%No Shr.0%−3.8%23.7%−57.2% 127.3%
− 20%0%0%−20%0%No Shr.0%−1.2%5.1%−20.0% 27.3%
− 30%0%0%20%0%No Shr.0%0.1%−1.7%20.2% −9.1%
− 40%0%0%60%0%No Shr.0%0.4%−5.1%65.3% −27.3%
− 50%0%0%100%0%No Shr.0%−0.3%−6.8%106.6% −36.4%
− 60%0%0%220%0%No Shr.0%−1.4%−11.9%225.2% −63.6%
− 70%0%0%300%0%No Shr.0%−0.8%−13.6%307.8% −72.7%

− 5Stress relaxation (Section 4.4)0%0%0%0%−5%No Shr.0%−0.9%1.7%−5.2% 9.1%
− 130%0%0%0%−13%No Shr.0%−1.6%3.4%−10.8% 18.2%
− 220%0%0%0%−22%No Shr.0%−2.5%5.1%−16.5% 27.3%
− 320%0%0%0%−32%No Shr.0%−4.6%8.5%−22.2% 45.5%
− 420%0%0%0%−42%No Shr.0%−7.0%16.9%−28.6% 90.9%

+ 102Autogenous shrinkage (Section 4.5)0%0%0%0%0%−140%0%−1.5%3.4%5.2%18.2%
+ 510%0%0%0%0%−120%0%−0.4%1.7%5.3%9.1%
− 1020%0%0%0%0%−60%0%−0.6%−5.1%4.9%−27.3%
− 1530%0%0%0%0%−40%0%−0.5%−6.8%5.6%−36.4%
− 2040%0%0%0%0%−20%0%−1.3%−8.5%5.3%−45.5%
Plain − 480%0%0%0%0%0%0%−1.5%−11.9%1.5%−63.6%
− 3060%0%0%0%0%20%0%−0.9%−13.6%−7.3%−72.7%
− 3570%0%0%0%0%40%0%−20.3%−35.6%NANA
− 4080%0%0%0%0%60%0%−39.9%−64.4%NANA

− 1260Heat capacity (Section 4.6)0%0%0%0%0%No Shr.−20%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%
− 16800%0%0%0%0%No Shr.−10%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%
− 25200%0%0%0%0%No Shr.10%0.0%0.0%−0.2%0.0%
− 29400%0%0%0%0%No Shr.20%0.0%0.0%−0.4%0.0%