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Abstract

Mass concrete is usually poured in layers. To ensure the interlayer bonding quality of concrete, the lower layer should be kept in a plastic state before the upper layer is added. Ultimately, it will lead to the prediction of concrete setting time as a critical task in concrete pouring. In this experiment, the setting time of concrete in laboratory and field environments was investigated. The equivalent age of concrete at the initial setting was also analyzed based on the maturity theory. Meanwhile, factors affecting the setting time in the field environment were studied by means of multiple stepwise regression analysis. Besides, the interlayer splitting tensile strength of concrete subjected to different temperatures and wind speeds was determined. The results of laboratory tests show that both setting time and interlayer splitting tensile strength of concrete decrease significantly with the increase of air temperature and wind speed. In addition, the equivalent age of concrete at initial setting remains the same when subjected to different temperatures, while it decreases obviously with the increase of wind speed. In the field environment, the equivalent age of concrete at initial setting is greatly different, which is related to the variability of relative humidity and wind speed. The average air temperature and maximum wind speed are the main factors affecting the initial setting time of concrete. Furthermore, a prediction model is established based on the stepwise regression analysis results, which can predict the actual setting state in real-time, and hence controlling the interlayer bonding quality of dam concrete.

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Title
Prediction Model of Concrete Initial Setting Time Based on Stepwise Regression Analysis
Author
Wei-Jia, Liu 1 ; Xu-Jing, Niu 1 ; Yang, Ning 2 ; Yao-Shen, Tan 2 ; Yu, Qiao 2 ; Chun-Feng, Liu 2 ; Wu, Kun 2 ; Qing-Bin, Li 1 ; Hu, Yu 1 

 State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; [email protected] (W.-J.L.); [email protected] (X.-J.N.); [email protected] (Q.-B.L.) 
 China Three Gorges Projects Development Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610017, China; [email protected] (N.Y.); [email protected] (Y.-S.T.); [email protected] (Y.Q.); [email protected] (C.-F.L.); [email protected] (K.W.) 
First page
3201
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19961944
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2545005376
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.