Mechanical Properties and Energy Absorption Characteristics of Ceramsite Foam Concrete

Ceramsite foam concrete was produced by mixing fast-hardening sulphoaluminate cement with precast foam and ceramsite. The effects of foam concrete density and ceramsite particle size on the failure mode, compressive strength(peak stress), densification strain and energy absorption of ceramsite foam concrete subjected to static uniaxial compression was investigated. The experiment results indicate that remarkable non-interfacial failure is observed with higher density of foam concrete and larger particle size of ceramsite, from which the density range of foam concrete with matched strength of the three corresponding ceramsite is determined. With increasing density of foam concrete, the compressive strength and energy absorption of ceramsite foam concrete are remarkably improved, while the densification strain decreases. In addition, with increasing ceramsite particle size, the densification strain decreases first then increases, the compressive strength increases first then decreases, and the energy absorption capacity gradually increases. © 2021, Editorial Department of Journal of Building Materials. All right reserved.