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Jingliang Xia1,2, Changwei Cao3, Zhengwu Jiang1
1Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China.
Abstract:
This paper investigates the properties of white high-strength concrete (WHSC) prepared with ground limestone powder (GLP). Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to design the proportions of mixes and evaluate the influence of the water-binder ratio (w/b), slurry volume fraction (Vs), and the content of GLP in a binder (Cg) on the slump, whiteness and compressive strength of WHSC via Box-Behnken equations. Results indicate that quadratic polynomial regression equations can be used to predict the performance of WHSC as influenced by combined factors. Both slump and compressive strength of WHSC are found highly influenced by w/b while GLP significantly improves the whiteness of WHSC. An optimal mix proportion of WHSC is provided by the multi-objective optimization with high-accuracy predictions. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of preparing WHSC with GLP and presents the potential of using RSM in the mix proportioning of concrete.
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