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γ射线辐照下混凝土力学性能数值模拟研究

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTY EVOLUTION OF CONCRETE UNDER GAMMA-RAY IRRADIATION

  • 摘要: 为揭示γ射线长期作用下混凝土温湿度、水分损失、收缩变形与后续受压力学性能之间的耦合关系, 建立了包含砂浆基体和随机球形粗骨料的两相细观有限元模型. 模型以砂浆相为γ射线辐照敏感相、骨料相为弹性约束相, 采用USDFLD子程序更新累积剂量、温湿度和损伤指标等状态变量, 并利用UEXPAN子程序将γ射线剂量诱导收缩和水分损失干燥收缩转化为砂浆相等效本征应变, 实现辐照老化-压缩加载的顺序耦合分析. 以Maruyama等开展的Con-A和Con-B混凝土γ射线辐照试验为依据, 对试件温度、可蒸发水含量、收缩云图、残余应力、损伤分布以及抗压强度和弹性模量变化进行了验证. 结果表明, 模型能够再现混凝土温度周期波动、可蒸发水含量逐渐降低以及砂浆收缩受骨料约束后形成局部残余应力和损伤的过程; 后续压缩模拟得到的应力-应变曲线、抗压强度和弹性模量与试验变化趋势一致, 说明在所验证剂量率和4 ~ 32个月范围内, γ射线辐照引起的力学性能变化可能受水分释放、干燥致密化、龄期效应、累积剂量损伤和收缩残余应力共同控制, 并不表现为简单的随剂量增加而单调退化. 所建模型可为核电混凝土结构γ射线辐照老化评估和长期服役性能预测提供数值分析方法.

     

    Abstract: To investigate the sequential relationship among the hygrothermal state, moisture loss, irradiation-induced shrinkage, and mechanical response of concrete subjected to long-term gamma-ray irradiation, a two-phase mesoscale finite element model was developed in Abaqus. The concrete specimen was represented by a mortar matrix and randomly distributed spherical coarse aggregates. The mortar was treated as the irradiation-sensitive phase, whereas the aggregates were regarded as elastic inclusions that constrain mortar shrinkage. A user-defined field (USDFLD) subroutine was employed to update the accumulated gamma-ray dose, temperature, relative humidity, evaporable water content, mass loss, and damage-related state variables at the integration points. A user-defined expansion (UEXPAN) subroutine was then used to convert the dose-induced shrinkage and moisture-loss-induced drying shrinkage into equivalent eigenstrain increments in the mortar phase. In this manner, the irradiation-ageing step and subsequent compression-loading step were sequentially coupled. The model was validated against the gamma-ray irradiation tests on Con-A and Con-B concretes reported by Maruyama et al. The comparisons included specimen temperature, evaporable water content, shrinkage deformation, residual stress, irradiation-induced damage distribution, stress–strain response, compressive strength, and elastic modulus. The results show that the proposed model reproduces the periodic temperature variation, gradual decrease in evaporable water content, and development of local residual stresses and damage resulting from the restraint of mortar shrinkage by aggregates. The simulated stress–strain curves, compressive strengths, and elastic moduli are generally consistent with the experimental trends. Within the validated ranges of dose rate and irradiation duration from 4 to 32 months, the model describes the sequential transfer from prescribed environmental and moisture histories to mortar shrinkage, residual stress, irradiation-induced damage, and subsequent compressive response. However, microstructural mechanisms such as pore-structure evolution, continued hydration, and changes in calcium–silicate–hydrate structure are not explicitly incorporated. The developed mesoscale modelling framework provides a numerical tool for evaluating gamma-ray irradiation ageing and the long-term service performance of nuclear concrete structures.

     

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