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The EU "PARTNER" Project - European standard tests to prevent alkali reactions in aggregates: Final results and recommendations

Abstract

This paper presents the main findings in the EU PARTNER Project (2002–2006) providing the basis for a unified European test approach for evaluating the potential alkali-reactivity of aggregates. The project evaluated the tests developed by RILEM and some regional tests for their suitability for use with the wide variety of aggregates and geological types found across Europe. The project had 24 partners from 14 countries, covering most of Europe, from Iceland to Greece. 22 different types of aggregates from 10 different European countries were evaluated. It was found that in most cases the RILEM tests could successfully identify the reactivity of the aggregates tested. They were most successful with normally reactive and non-reactive aggregates, but with aggregates that react very slowly an extended test period may be necessary for some of the RILEM methods. Overall, the accelerated mortar bar test and the accelerated concrete prism test seemed most effective and to have the best precision.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Community / Infrastructure
  • SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
  • Building Research Establishment
  • Germany
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Year

2010

Published in

Cement and Concrete Research

ISSN

0008-8846

Volume

40

Issue

4

Page(s)

611 - 635

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