Testing device for characteristic of resistance between fresh concrete and boundary, and testing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12339206-B2
Application number	US-202217928309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2022
Priority date	Nov 9, 2021
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A testing device for a characteristic of resistance between fresh concrete and a boundary, and a testing method includes a counter-force frame, a driving mechanism, an outer cylinder, a rotor, and pressurization mechanisms, where a bottom of an inner side of the counter-force frame is provided with the driving mechanism, an output shaft of the driving mechanism is connected to the rotor, the rotor is placed in the outer cylinder, space between the rotor and the outer cylinder is filled with a concrete specimen, a plurality of pressurization mechanisms are symmetrically arranged at a top of the concrete specimen, tail ends of the pressurization mechanisms are mounted on the counter-force frame, and the pressurization mechanisms, the rotor and the driving mechanism are connected to a data receiver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A testing device for a resistance between a concrete and a wall, comprising a counter-force frame, a driving mechanism, an outer cylinder ( 18 ), a rotor, and a plurality of pressurization mechanisms, wherein a bottom of an inner side of a counter-force frame is provided with the driving mechanism, an output shaft of the driving mechanism is connected to the lower shaft ( 10 ) of the rotor, the rotor is placed inside the outer cylinder ( 18 ), space between the rotor and the outer cylinder ( 18 ) is filled with a concrete specimen ( 24 ); the pressurization mechanisms are symmetrically arranged at a top of the concrete specimen ( 24 ), tail end of each of the plurality of pressurization mechanisms is mounted on the upper portion of the counter-force frame, wherein axial load is applied vertically downward to the concrete specimen; the counter-force frame is structurally fixed with the outer cylinder ( 18 ) through supporting columns ( 23 ), thereby forming an integrated load-bearing system to restrain radial expansion and ensure stable pressurization; and the plurality of pressurization mechanisms, the rotor and the driving mechanism are connected to a data receiver ( 28 ); and the rotor comprises a rotor base plate ( 11 ) and rotor side walls ( 15 ), a lower rotor shaft ( 10 ) penetrates the rotor base plate ( 11 ), a top of the lower rotor shaft ( 10 ) is connected to an upper rotor shaft ( 13 ) by means of a torque sensor ( 16 ), and the upper rotor shaft ( 13 ) is connected to the rotor side walls ( 15 ) by means of spoke plates ( 14 ).

2. The testing device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving mechanism comprises a controller ( 5 ), an electric motor, and a speed reducer, the electric motor is connected to the controller ( 5 ) and the speed reducer, and an output shaft ( 8 ) of the speed reducer is connected to the rotor.

3. The testing device according to claim 1 , wherein the outer cylinder ( 18 ) comprises an outer cylinder container ( 19 ), an inner wall of the outer cylinder container ( 19 ) is provided with anti-slip reinforcing steel bars ( 20 ), and a bottom of the outer cylinder container is provided with a discharge opening ( 22 ).

4. The testing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor base plate ( 11 ) is coated with a polytetrafluoroethylene coating ( 12 ).

5. The testing device according to claim 4 , wherein the lower rotor shaft is connected to the output shaft of the speed reducer via splines.

6. The testing device according to claim 4 , wherein the pressurization mechanisms comprise a cover plate ( 25 ) and jacks, the cover plate ( 25 ) is placed on a top of the concrete specimen ( 24 ), the jacks are inverted between the counter-force frame and the cover plate ( 25 ), load cells ( 26 ) are arranged between the jacks and the cover plate ( 25 ), and tail ends of the jacks are mounted on a top of the counter-force frame.

7. A method for testing the resistance between the concrete and the wall with the testing device of claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
step one: assembling the counter-force frame, the driving mechanism, the outer cylinder ( 18 ) and the rotor;
step two: casting the concrete to be tested into the outer cylinder container, enabling the concrete to be in sufficient contact with the rotor side walls ( 15 ), making a concrete charging height exceed the height of anti-slip reinforcing steel bars, and smoothing the surface of the concrete specimen;
step three: capping the cover plate, setting up synchronizing jacks, and arranging load cells;
step four: enabling all instruments and apparatuses, including the torque sensor, rotation speed controller, load cells, data acquisition system, and servo DC motor, to be connected to a power supply; applying pressure to the concrete specimen by means of the synchronizing jacks, and adjusting stressed condition of the concrete specimen, wherein an average pressure between the concrete and the rotor side walls is calculated as follows:

P
=

ρ
⁢
g
⁢

H
2

+

F

π
⁡
(

R
2
2

-

R
1
2

)

in the formula, P is average pressure (kPa) between the concrete and the rotor side walls, ρ is density (g/cm 3 ) of the concrete specimen, g is acceleration of gravity (m/s 2 ), H is height difference (m) between top face of the concrete specimen and the rotor base plate, F is sum (kN) of external loads applied by the synchronizing jacks, R 1 is radius (m) of the rotor, and R 2 is radius (m) of outer cylinder container;
step five: controlling output torque of servo direct current motor by a controller to increase from zero, wherein a torque value measured by the torque sensor when the rotor starts to rotate corresponds to a yield stress of shear slip resistance at the pressure, the resistance on the wall is calculated as follows:

τ
=

T

2
⁢
π
⁢

R
1
2

⁢
H

in the formula, t is resistance (Pa) on the wall, and T is torque value (N·m) measured by the torque sensor;
step six: after the rotor starts to rotate, controlling a rotation speed of the servo direct current motor by the controller to obtain the shear slip resistance at the pressure and shear slip rate, wherein the shear slip rate is calculated as follows:

V
=

2
⁢
π
⁢

nR
1

in the formula, Vis shear slip rate (m/s), and n is rotor rotation speed (rpm);
step seven: repeating step four or step six under different pressures and rotational speeds; for each test condition, calculating the average pressure and the shear slip rate based on the predefined formulas, and obtaining the corresponding resistance according to the predetermined torque-based resistance formula; then, plotting resistance-pressure and resistance-rate characteristic curves by using the calculated data; the law of variation of wall resistance with respect to different pressures and shear slip rates is then determined based on the trends observed in the resistance-pressure and resistance-rate characteristic curves.

Assignees

• Univ Southeast

Inventors

• Xu Zhisong
• Liu Jiaping
• Yuan Shijun
• Jin Ming

Classifications

• G01N33/383 Primary

  Concrete or cement · CPC title

• G01N11/14 Primary

  by using rotary bodies, e.g. vane (G01N11/16 takes precedence) · CPC title