Residual compressive behaviour of pre-heated high-performance concrete with blast-furnace-slag

An experimental program was designed and carried out to study the residual compressive behaviour of high-performance concrete (HPC) with blast-furnace-slag (BFS) at elevated temperatures ranging from 20 to 800 degrees'C. The residual cube compressive strength is examined and the relationship between the residual compressive strength and temperature is investigated based on the heated cube specimens (100 x 100 x 100 mm(3)) tested on a universal test machine. In addition, on the basis of the heated prism specimens (100 x 100 x 300 mm(3)) tested on an electro-hydromantic rigidity servo test machine, the complete stress-strain curves are obtained, and the effects of temperatures on the residual prism compressive strength, the strain, and the elastic modulus etc are analysed. An approximate formula for the stress-strain relationship of HPC-BFS after exposure to temperatures is proposed. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.