Article Dans Une Revue Case Studies in Construction Materials Année : 2025

Sulfate attack of deep foundation concrete: New testing method and influence of temperature on degradation mechanism

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Thaumasite attack presents a significant concern within the domain of deep soil foundation construction. In these exposure conditions, concrete is exposed to sulfate-rich groundwater from the fresh state, hence the need for specific durability testing procedure. The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) has long been a way to prevent external sulfate attack. The specific degradation due to thaumasite sulfate attack (TSA) at 5 °C mitigates the observations made for the use of SCM at 20 °C. In response to these challenges, a new testing method has been developed and 41 cement-based binder mixtures, encompassing diverse supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), fillers, and variable C3A contents, were tested at 5 °C and 23 °C. Their behavior at 5 °C was consistent with the phenomenology of TSA: visual deterioration, and significant mass loss of several specimens up to −9 %. The presence of thaumasite at 5°C was substantiated through SEM and XRD analyses. The measurements at 5 °C indicate that length variations are not a fully reliable parameter to assess the resistance to TSA: a sample with low length variation (0.1 %) had a mass variation of 6 %, indicating a significant degradation. The joint use of mass and length variations as indicators thus offers valuable insights into the identification of optimal composition for cement-based materials regarding their resistance in deep foundation exposure conditions.

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hal-05523085 , version 1 (23-02-2026)

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Faten Souayfan, Farah Kaddah, Sonia Boudache, Stéphane Guerineau, Christophe Justino, et al.. Sulfate attack of deep foundation concrete: New testing method and influence of temperature on degradation mechanism. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2025, 23, pp.e05368. ⟨10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e05368⟩. ⟨hal-05523085⟩
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