Idag är intresset för högpresterande betong (HPB) växande runt om världen då fördelarna är många, eftersom slankare, tätare, starkare och lättare konstruktioner kan tillverkas.   Detta examensarbete handlar om materialförsök och modellering för en typ av HPB som ska användas i husbyggnation. Arbetet inleddes med materialförsök i färskt tillstånd, där god gjutbarhet och konsistens eftersträvades. Utgångspunkten var från ett grundrecept med två olika ballastsorter (slaggballast med flygaska och krossballast från asfaltindustrin med silikastoft), vilka namngavs till pilotförsök 1 och pilotförsök 2. Vidare valdes pilotförsök 1 att provas i hårdnat tillstånd då det visades att det var mer ekonomiskt lönsam eftersom ballasten inte behövde siktas, lägre vct tillhandhölls och att flygaskan som användes i pilotförsök 1 är billigare än silikastoft som användes i pilotförsök 2. Resultaten efter 28 dygn för de materialförsök som utfördes i hårdnat tillstånd var: Tryckhållfasthet; 141,9 MPa Draghållfasthet; 7,0 MPa Böjdraghållfasthet; 10,0 MPa Elasticitetsmodul; 46,4 GPa Krympning efter 56 dygn; 0,5 ‰ Samtliga försök utfördes enligt svenska standarder (SS).   Dessutom vidareutvecklas och förbättrades ett redan arkitektoniskt gestaltat Attefallshus ur ett konstruktions- och hållbarhets perspektiv, där fokus låg på transport- och produktionsförutsättningar. Det resulterade i att horisontella avstyvningar tillades i väggelementen för att öka styvheten och minska risken för brott under transport och produktion. Huset är tänkt att produceras med prefabriceringsteknik. Avslutningsvis modellerades ett oarmerat väggelement i FE-programmet Abaqus under linjärt elastiskt tillstånd. Vid modelleringen användes de materialparametrar som erhölls från materialförsöken.  Det resulterade i att deformationer, spänningar samt knäcknings- och bucklingsanalys kunde redas ut. Väggelementen i huset klarar normenliga laster enligt modelleringen. / Nowadays the interest for high-performance concrete (HPC) is growing around the world as the benefits are many, for example slender, denser, stronger and lighter structures can be manufactured.   This thesis is about material and design experiments for a type of HPC to be used in building construction. The work began with materials experiments in the fresh state, where good workability and consistency were tried to be obtained. The starting point was from a basic recipe with two different aggregate types (slag aggregates with fly ash and crushed aggregates from the asphalt industry with silica fume), which were named as the pilot test 1 and the pilot test 2. Furthermore pilot test 1 was elected to be tested in hardened state as it turned out to be more economically profitable, had a lower vct, and that the flyash was cheaper than the silica fume used in the pilot test 2. The results after 28 days when the materials experiments were carried out in the hardened state were: Compressive strength; 141,9 MPa Tensile strength; 7,0 MPa Flexural strength; 10,0 MPa Modulus of elasticity; 46,4 GPa Shrinkage after 56 days; 0,5 ‰ All experiments were performed according to Swedish standards SS.   Moreover, an existing architecturally portrayed Attefallshus was further developed and improved from a design and a strength perspective that mainly focused on transport and production. It resulted in the horizontal stiffeners to be installed in the wall elements to increase rigidity and reduce the risk of breakage during shipment and production. The house is intended to be built with prefabrication technology. Finally the unreinforced wall elements were modeled in the FE program ABAQUS under linear elastic condition. During modeling the material parameters obtained from material tests were used in the model. Consequently, strain, stress and buckling analysis could be made. The wall sections in the house met the norm loads according to the model.

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The Phase change materials (PCM) have the ability to absorb and release heat as the temperature changes from high to low temperature and vice versa. The use of phase change materials has increased in the construction sector due to the established environmental requirements and the various application benefits, especially in the thermal comfort of building applications and construction of sustainable infrastructure around the world (Berardi and Gallardo, 2019). Over the past decade, many studies have been conducted on the thermal properties of PCM (phase change material), however, few studies have focused on the study effect of PCM on mechanical and physical properties, although of great importance. In this work, three different microencapsulated types of phase change material (PCM) have been studied, while its effect on the mechanical and hydration properties of the cement paste with regard to constant ratio of water to cement ratio has been taken into account. The PCMs that have been studied are the following: Microencapsulated PCM, which is Nextek 24 D, Nextek 57D (Microtek Laboratories) and Croda Therm ME29P (Croda). In this study, various tests were performed on cementitious paste mixed with different doses of PCM to test the effect that PCM has on the cement hydration (under semi-adiabatic and isothermal conditions), the physical properties (setting time, slump flow, density) and the mechanical properties ( compressive strength). The results of this study indicated that both the melting point of the PCM and its amount have a decisive effect on the properties of the cement paste. Finally, the following conclusions have been drawn: • Additions of different dosage levels of the 24D and Croda PCM types showed that an increase in the dosage resulted in impaired mechanical and physical properties such as compressive strength of the cement paste (mechanical) decreased, and the density and random flow decreased (physical). While Nextek 57D did not show a great effect on cement paste according to density and random flow, which gives reduced negative impact on cement paste workability (physical). According to the mechanical properties, Nextek57D PCM with different levels of levels showed immediate positive effect on cement paste compressive strength compared to reference paste (no addition of PCM), and other cement pastes with other PCM types used in this study. • Mikrotek 57D PCM also gives a positive effect at different dose levels compared to two other types of Nextek 24D and Croda PCM regarding the effect of heat flow, which gives rise to hydration heat during the cement hydration process. However, other types of Nextek 24D and Croda in all quantities showed negligible effect on the heat flow during the cement hydration process.

Vid betongframställning förekommer det spridningar i delmaterialens egenskaper som påverkar den färskaoch hårdnande betongen. Spridningarna i betongens delmaterial har studerats hos tre av Skanskas betongfabriker(Göteborg, Luleå och Norrköping), genom provuttag som analyserats hos Cementa Research.Provuttag har gjorts en gång per månad under ett års tid från fabrikerna. Delmaterialen som har analyseratsär ballast, cement, flytmedel och kalkfiller (endast hos Göteborg och Norrköping). Siktning av ballast0-8 mm har utförts med den traditionella siktningen. För kornstorlekar mindre än 0,25 mm, cement samtkalkfiller har lasersiktning använts.För att få en överskådlig bild över spridningarna hos delmaterialen har en analys utförts som illusteraravvikelserna med exakta siffror. Analysen har visat att den traditionella siktingen har mindre spridningjämfört med lasersiktning. Dessutom visar analysen att sättmåttet har större spridning jämfört med hållfastheten.För ballast 0-8 mm har minst spridning visats hos Luleå och störst hos Norrköping, däremot så har Luleåvisat störst spridning i ballast < 0,25 mm, cement, kalkfiller flytmedel och hållfasthet samtidigt som Göteborgvisat minst spridning i dessa och istället störst spridning i sättmått.För att få en överskådlig bild över vilka egenskapsförändringar som förväntas i betongen om respektivedelmaterial förändrats åt något håll har deskriptiv analys tillämpats parallellt med teoretisk analys. Dendeskriptiva analysen har avgränsats genom att undersöka hur förändringar i delmaterialen ballast, cement,kalkfiller och flytmedel påverkar sättmåttet och hållfastheten.Resultaten från den deskriptiva analysen har visat att en utökad mängd grövre ballast 0-8 mm ger upphovtill större sättmått och en utökad mängd finare ballast 0-8 mm ger högre hållfasthet för majoriteten avproverna. För ballast 0-8 mm < 0,25 mm har analysen visat att finare ballast < 0,25 mm ger upphov tillstörre sättmått. Hos Göteborg visar dessutom majoriteten av proverna högre hållfasthet för finare ballast< 0,25 mm.Prover från Göteborg har visat att grövre kalkfiller ger högre hållfasthet. Hos Norrköping visar dessutommajoriteten av proverna större sättmått för finare kalkfiller och högre hållfasthet för grövre kalkfiller.För cementet har analysen visat att majoriteten av proverna hos Luleå har gett upphov till större sättmåttför finare cement och högre hållfasthet för grövre cement. Hos Norrköping har analysen visat sammagällande hållfasthet, däremot tvärtom för sättmåttet, d.v.s. grövre cement har gett upphov till större sättmått.För flytmedel har majoriteten av proverna hos Luleå visat att högre torrhalt gett upphov till större sättmåttoch lägre torrhalt resulterat till högre hållfasthet. / During concrete production, property variations of the constituents occur that affect the fresh and hardenedconcrete. The variation in the constituents has been studied at three of Skanska’s concrete plants(Gothenburg, Luleå and Norrköping) through the samples analyzed at Cementa Research. Sampling atthese factories took place once per month over a one year period. The constituents that have been analyzedare aggregates, cement, superplasticizers and limestone filler (only in Gothenburg and Norrköping).Sieving of aggregates 0-8 mm has been conducted with traditional sieving. For grain sizes smaller than0.25 mm, cement and limestone filler laser sieving has been used.To get a clear picture of the variations in the constituents an analysis was performed that illustrated theexact figures of the discrepancies. Analyses show that the traditional sieving has less variation compared tolaser sighting. Moreover, the analysis shows that the slump has larger variations than the compressivestrength.Luleå showed the least variation for aggregates 0-8 mm while the largest variation was apparent at Norrkoping.However, Luleå has shown the largest variation in aggregates < 0.25 mm, cement, limestone filler,superplasticizers and compressive strength. Gothenburg on the other hand showed least variationamongst these while showing the largest variation in the slump.To better understand the property changes that are expected in the concrete of the respective the constituentsin either direction, both descriptive and theoretical analysis are applied simultaneously. The descriptiveanalysis has been limited to explore how changes in aggregates, cement, limestone fillers andsuperplasticizers affect the slump and compressive strength.The results of the descriptive analysis has shown that an increased amount of coarse aggregates 0-8 mmgives rise to larger slump and an increased amount of finer aggregates 0-8 mm gives greater compressivestrength to the majority of the samples. For aggregates 0-8 mm < 0.25 mm analysis has shown that fineraggregates < 0.25 mm give rise to greater slump. Analysis in Gothenburg also shows that the majority ofthe samples have higher compressive strength for the finer aggregates < 0.25 mm.Samples from Gothenburg have shown that coarser limestone filler provides higher compressive strength.Majority of the samples at Norrköping show greater slump for fine limestone filler and higher compressivestrength for coarse limestone filler.Analyses of cement have shown that the majority of the samples in Luleå have given rise to greater slumpfor finer cements and higher compressive strength for coarser cement. In Norrköping, the analysisdemonstrated the same compressive strength, however, to the contrary coarse cement has given rise togreater slump.Analysis of superplasticizers in Luleå show that the majority of the samples at higher dry content resultedin greater slump and at lower dry content resulted in higher compressive strength.

Master‘s thesis focuses on concrete combined with polypropylen fibres produced commercially, fibres without surface modifications and fibres modificated by plasma. Most important topic of the thesis is experimental verification of influence of plasma modificated fibres on attributes of fresh concrete and physical-mechanical attributes of solidified concrete. Based on the results of the tests perfomed on examin units compares results and anylyses applicability of different fibre surface modifications.

Using a comparative spatial and temporal analysis on sediment cores from 8 lakes in the Mackenzie River Delta uplands region, NT, Canada, this study assessed how persistent organic pollutant (POP) deposition to lake sediments was affected by: (1) the presence of retrogressive thaw slumps on lake shores; and (2) changes occurring with increased autochthonous primary productivity. POPs examined included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), penta- and hexachlorobenzenes (CBzs), and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and metabolites (DDTs). Surface sediments of slump-affected lakes contained higher total organic carbon (TOC)-normalized POP concentrations than nearby reference lakes unaffected by thaw slumps. Inorganic sedimentation rates were positively related to contaminant concentrations, suggesting that the influx of siliciclastic material reducing organic carbon in slump-affected lake water indirectly results in higher concentrations of POPs on sedimentary organic matter. This explanation was corroborated by an inverse relationship between sedimentary POP concentrations and TOC content of the lake water. Deposition proxies of autochthonous carbon were not significantly correlated to POP fluxes of surface sediments, and historical profile fluctuations did not coincide with variation in POP deposition. Thus this study does not support the contention that algal-derived organic carbon increases the delivery of organic pollutants to sediments (the algal-scavenging hypothesis), as previously proposed for mercury. Higher POP concentrations observed in surface sediments of slump-affected lakes are best explained by simple solvent switching processes of hydrophobic contaminants onto a lower pool of available organic carbon when compared to neighbouring lakes unaffected by thaw slump development.

Using a comparative spatial and temporal analysis on sediment cores from 8 lakes in the Mackenzie River Delta uplands region, NT, Canada, this study assessed how persistent organic pollutant (POP) deposition to lake sediments was affected by: (1) the presence of retrogressive thaw slumps on lake shores; and (2) changes occurring with increased autochthonous primary productivity. POPs examined included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), penta- and hexachlorobenzenes (CBzs), and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and metabolites (DDTs). Surface sediments of slump-affected lakes contained higher total organic carbon (TOC)-normalized POP concentrations than nearby reference lakes unaffected by thaw slumps. Inorganic sedimentation rates were positively related to contaminant concentrations, suggesting that the influx of siliciclastic material reducing organic carbon in slump-affected lake water indirectly results in higher concentrations of POPs on sedimentary organic matter. This explanation was corroborated by an inverse relationship between sedimentary POP concentrations and TOC content of the lake water. Deposition proxies of autochthonous carbon were not significantly correlated to POP fluxes of surface sediments, and historical profile fluctuations did not coincide with variation in POP deposition. Thus this study does not support the contention that algal-derived organic carbon increases the delivery of organic pollutants to sediments (the algal-scavenging hypothesis), as previously proposed for mercury. Higher POP concentrations observed in surface sediments of slump-affected lakes are best explained by simple solvent switching processes of hydrophobic contaminants onto a lower pool of available organic carbon when compared to neighbouring lakes unaffected by thaw slump development.