The Impact of Carbonation Curing on the Fatigue Behavior of Polyvinyl Alcohol Engineered Cementitious Composites (PVA-ECC)

Hu, Wei-Hsiu; Zhang, Duo; Ellis, Brian R.; Li, Victor C.

doi:10.3151/jact.21.322

Title: The Impact of Carbonation Curing on the Fatigue Behavior of Polyvinyl Alcohol Engineered Cementitious Composites (PVA-ECC)

Journal Article · Sat Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.21.322· OSTI ID:1990062

Hu, Wei-Hsiu ^[1]; Zhang, Duo ^[2]; Ellis, Brian R. ^[1]; Li, Victor C. ^[1]

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Wuhan University (China)

Use of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) has been proven to enhance structural fatigue resistance and reduce the use-phase emissions for transportation infrastructure. Carbonation curing offers an opportunity to reduce the embodied carbon of ECC via direct CO₂ sequestration. In this study, the impact of carbonation curing on ECC’s fatigue resistance was examined. ECC’s CO₂ uptake, static flexural behavior, flexural fatigue performance, and single fiber pull-out behavior were studied experimentally. Midspan deflection up to 3 million cycles under fatigue load, fatigue stress-life relationship, and failure mechanism for carbonation-cured and air-cured ECC were investigated. Carbonation curing was found to significantly improved the fatigue life of ECC and lowered the midspan deflection under the same stress. Further, CO₂-cured ECC can achieve >20% CO₂ uptake per cement mass after 24-hour carbonation curing. Carbonation curing increased ECC’s flexural strength by 32% and promoted crack width control capability, with maximum post-fatigue crack width reduced from 148 μm to 76 μm. As a result, the positive impact of carbonation curing on the fatigue behavior of ECC simultaneously lowers the embodied and operational carbon of ECC structural members subjected to fatigue loading during service.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0030684

OSTI ID:: 1990062

Journal Information:: Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Vol. 21, Issue 4; ISSN 1346-8014

Publisher:: Japan Concrete InstituteCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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