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BULLETIN OF THE CHINESE CERAMIC SOCIETY ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 905-914.

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Mesoscopic Simulation Study on Chloride Ion Transport Behavior in Ship Lock Three-Graded Concrete

TANG Bowen1,2,3, DING Pingxiang1,2,3, ZHANG Nan4, LIANG Zihao1,2,3, FAN Zhihong1,2,3   

  1. 1. CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 500230, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Harbor & Marine Structure Durability Technology, Ministry of Transport of PRC, Guangzhou 500230, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Construction Materials, CCCC, Guangzhou 500230, China;
    4. College of Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
  • Received:2024-09-25 Revised:2024-11-25 Online:2025-03-15 Published:2025-04-01

Abstract: To address the significant deviation in using wet-sieved two-graded concrete to represent the chloride ion diffusion coefficient of three-graded concrete in ship lock engineering, chloride ion diffusion models for both wet-sieved two-graded concrete and three-graded concrete were established. On this basis, the effects of interfacial transition zone (ITZ) thickness and coarse aggregate volume fraction on the chloride ion transport behavior in three-graded concrete were explored. Additionally, a comparative analysis was conducted on the differences in chloride ion diffusion behavior and durability life prediction between wet-sieved two-graded concrete and three-graded concrete. Simulation results indicate that the chloride ion diffusion coefficient of three-graded concrete decreases significantly with increasing coarse aggregate volume fraction and ITZ thickness. Among the aggregate dilution effect, aggregate tortuosity effect, and ITZ effect, the ITZ effect plays a dominant role. Furthermore, the chloride ion diffusion coefficient of wet-sieved two-graded concrete during 720, 1 800 d of corrosion is 1.77, 1.86 times that of three-graded concrete. And using wet-sieved two-graded concrete to represent three-graded concrete for life prediction may lead to underestimated evaluation results.

Key words: three-graded concrete, wet-sieved two-graded concrete, chloride ion diffusion coefficient, interfacial transition zone, service life prediction, durability

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