收藏切换
Study on drying shrinkage and creep of manufactured sand concrete in railway prestressed structures
收藏切换
PDF
Zhen Wang, Huajian Li, Zhiqiang Yang, Fali Huang
Railway Sciences | 2025, 4(6) : 746 - 761
Less
收藏切换
Railway Sciences | 2025, 4(6): 746-761
Research article
Study on drying shrinkage and creep of manufactured sand concrete in railway prestressed structures
Full
Zhen Wang, Huajian Li, Zhiqiang Yang, Fali Huang
Affiliations
  • China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, Railway Engineering Research Institute, Beijing, China
  • Huajian Li is a chief researcher at China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, doctoral supervisor, and deputy director of the National Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Track System. His research focuses on the resource utilization of solid waste in building materials and the durability of novel concrete structures for high-speed railway. He has received 2 national-level awards, 3 China Outstanding Patent Awards, 3 ministerial/provincial-level Grand Prizes, and 12 first-class prizes.

Published: 2025-12-10 doi: 10.1108/RS-09-2025-0041
Outline
收藏切换
Purpose

Severe scarcity of natural river sand (RS), exacerbated by environmental protection policies and extraction constraints, has significantly impacted aggregate supply for railway concrete. While manufactured sand (MS) offers a substitute for RS in railway applications, its widespread adoption in high-strength railway prestressed structures is challenged by lack of drying shrinkage and creep research data on concrete.

Design/methodology/approach

High-strength manufactured sand concrete (MSC) was prepared using MS with varying lithologies and stone powder contents. Its drying shrinkage and creep behaviors were evaluated in accordance with the Chinese standard GB/T 50082. The deformation mechanism was analyzed by combining nano-scratch testing.

Findings

Compared to RS concrete, MSC from all tested lithologies showed higher drying shrinkage but lower creep deformation. The drying shrinkage rose steadily with increased stone powder content, while the creep strain displayed a distinct non-linear trend, decreasing first before rising. To prepare low-deformation MSC, select high-strength MS and limit stone powder content not greater 10%. Nano-scratch tests indicated that harder MS particles suppress microcracking at the interfacial transition zone (ITZ), improving the creep resistance. The predictive models for drying shrinkage and creep were also developed by incorporating coefficients for stone powder and lithology effects.

Originality/value

These findings serve as a foundation for the application of MSC in railway prestressed structures, offering both theoretical and practical guidance.

Drying shrinkage  /  Creep  /  Manufactured sand  /  Railway concrete  /  Nano-scratch
Zhen Wang, Huajian Li, Zhiqiang Yang, Fali Huang. Study on drying shrinkage and creep of manufactured sand concrete in railway prestressed structures[J]. Railway Sciences, 2025 , 4 (6) : 746 -761 . DOI: 10.1108/RS-09-2025-0041
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(52408309)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(52438002)
Year 2025 volume 4 Issue 6
PDF
3
0
Cite this Article
BibTeX
Article Info
doi: 10.1108/RS-09-2025-0041
  • Receive Date:2025-09-14
  • Online Date:2026-06-10
  • Published:2025-12-10
Article Data
Affiliations
History
  • Received:2025-09-14
  • Revised:2025-09-28
  • Accepted:2025-09-30
Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China(52408309)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(52438002)
Affiliations
    China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, Railway Engineering Research Institute, Beijing, China

Corresponding:

Huajian Li can be contacted at:
References
Share
https://castjournals.cast.org.cn/joweb/rs/EN/10.1108/RS-09-2025-0041
Share to
QR

Scan QR to access full text

Cite this article
BibTeX
Citations
表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
关闭全屏
  • BibTeX
  • EndNote
  • RefWorks
  • TxT