Investigação da deterioração de concretos de uhes por reações com os agregados
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2013-10-21
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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A long time ago aggregate particles were considered inert but this concept is no longer adequate. Expansive reactions resulting from the oxidation of sulfide-bearing aggregates and the AAR are examples of potential chemical interactions that aggregates may experience in concrete, depending on the surrounding environment. This research is an investigation into concrete deterioration in Hydroelectric Power Plants (HPPs), focusing on aggregate reactions relating to attack by sulfates, due to oxidation of sulfide minerals, as well as to the alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR). One of the main purposes is to have a clearer understanding of the changes in sulfide minerals occurring in aggregates and verify their influence on concrete durability as well as check the conditions and characteristics that maximize or not the synergy of such pathology. Along with that, another purpose is to study the possibility of the AAR occurring in the same structures. To this end, an investigation of concrete structures extracted from five Brazilian hydroelectric plants, namely Corumbá HPP, Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes HPP, Paulo Afonso II HPP, Paulo Afonso IV HPP and Moxotó HPP, was conducted. In addition to the concretes, a study of the rocky material and aggregates surrounding the plants that were of the same origin as the aggregates in the concretes was also performed. A thorough visual inspection was made in the field of some concrete structures selected from the HPPs , with the subsequent extraction of concrete cores in spots that were more prone to the incidence of some chemical reaction. The concrete core samples were initially inspected in the laboratory to check for possible visible anomalies on their surfaces, and were subsequently subjected to laboratory tests to determine the mechanical properties such as compressive strength and elasticity modulus. Chemical and microstructural analyses of the concrete were then carried out, in addition to the reconstitution of the mix design and determination of their pH. The concrete were also underwent internal inspections before the microstructural analyses, and the last were scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) in order to diagnose deterioration. Aggregates extracted from concrete cores along with the rocky material of the same origin were also subjected to chemical and mineralogical analyses. The concrete from Corumbá HPP was found to be sound, but in the concretes from the other HPPs it was proved the incidence of AAR and sulfate attack simultaneously, and in some cases, with evidences that the attack by sulfates results from the oxidation of sulfide minerals in the aggregates.
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BATISTA, Danilo Gonçalves. Investigação da deterioração de concretos de uhes por reações com os agregados. 2013. 310 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Geotecnia, Estruturas e Construção Civil) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2013.