Merge pull request idaholab#131 from SudiptaBiswas/conc_validation

Adding concrete assessment cases

assessment/ASR_Validation/wald2017B/assessment

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[Tests]
+  issues = '#89'
+  requirement = 'BlackBear shall simulate accelerated alkali-silica reaction experiments on
+                 plain and reinforced concrete blocks, and adequately match experimental data.'
+  design = 'ASR_validation/index.md'
+
+  [./conc_time0]
+    type = 'CSVDiff'
+    input = 'asr_concrete_block_calibration.i'
+    csvdiff = 'asr_concrete_block_calibration_out.csv'
+    min_parallel = 8
+    max_time = 40000
+  [../]
+  [./conc_time1]
+    type = 'CSVDiff'
+    input = 'asr_concrete_block_calibration.i'
+    cli_args = 'Executioner/start_time=5940846 Outputs/file_base=asr_concrete_block_time1'
+    csvdiff = 'asr_concrete_block_time1.csv'
+    min_parallel = 8
+    max_time = 40000
+  [../]
+  [./conc_time2]
+  type = 'CSVDiff'
+  input = 'asr_concrete_block_calibration.i'
+  cli_args = 'Executioner/start_time=14391759 Outputs/file_base=asr_concrete_block_time2'
+  csvdiff = 'asr_concrete_block_time2.csv'
+  min_parallel = 8
+  max_time = 40000
+  [../]
+  [./conc_rebarz]
+    type = 'CSVDiff'
+    input = 'asr_concrete_block_validation_rebar.i'
+    csvdiff = 'asr_concrete_block_validation_rebar_out.csv'
+    min_parallel = 8
+    max_time = 40000
+  [../]
+[]

assessment/ASR_Validation/wald2017B/tests

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Tests]
+  issues = '#89'
+  requirement = 'Input files for alkali-silica reaction validation tests shall have valid syntax'
+  design = 'ASR_validation/index.md'
+  [./conc_calibration]
+    type = RunApp
+    input = 'asr_concrete_block_calibration.i'
+    check_input = True
+    method = opt
+  [../]
+  [./conc_rebar]
+    type = RunApp
+    input = 'asr_concrete_block_validation_rebar.i'
+    check_input = True
+    method = opt
+  [../]
+[]

doc/content/bib/blackbear.bib

@@ -66,3 +66,12 @@ @Article{wallau2018asr
   number={79},
   year={2018},
   publisher={Springer}}
+
+@Article{wald_2017,
+		Author = {Wald, David M. and Allford, Morgan T. and Bayrak, Oguzhan and Hrynyk, Trevor D.},
+		Journal = {Structural Concrete},
+		Pages = {914--928},
+		Publisher = {Wiley},
+		Title = {Development and multiaxial distribution of expansions in reinforced concrete elements affected by alkali--silica reaction},
+		Volume = {18},
+		Year = {2017}}

doc/content/demonstration/index.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Demonstration problems in BlackBear include various benchmarking, validation, an
 | Structural Materials | Degradation Mechanisms | Validation Cases  |
 | - | - | - |
 | Plain Concrete | [ASR Expansion](ConcreteASREigenstrain.md) | [ASR Benchmark](ASR_validation/index.md)  |
-
+| Plain Concrete | [ASR Expansion](ConcreteASREigenstrain.md) | [ASR Assessment](ASR_validation/index.md)  |
+| Uniaxially Reinforced Concrete | [ASR Expansion](ConcreteASREigenstrain.md) | [ASR Assessment](ASR_validation/index.md)  |
 
 More demonstration problems will be added to the BlackBear repository in the future.

doc/content/validation/ASR_validation/index.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Alkalli-silica reaction in concrete significantly influences the expansion behav
 
 Various researchers have attempted to experimentally observe the ASR behavior in concrete and identify various criteria for ASR expansion. The validations cases in BlackBear are built based on such experiments. These cases not only focuses on the ASR expansion model, but also tests the multi-physics concrete modeling capability of BlackBear.
 
+## Free Expansion of Plain Concrete
+
 [!cite](wallau2018asr) performed prism testing to assess the susceptibility of the concrete structure due to ASR. They demonstrated that the ASR expansion happens in three stages, initial swelling, acceleration, and consolidation of expansion, that is captured by a S-curve. They also showed that the curves could vary widely depending on the aggregate type and concluded that a globally applicable ASR expansion curve might not exist. The initial benchmark cases in Blackbear are built based on these experiments demonstrating how well the model can predict the experimental observations. The properties associated with the ASR extent calculation are tabulated below:
 
 | Model Parameters | Aggregate A | Aggregate B | Aggregate C |
@@ -14,15 +16,25 @@ Various researchers have attempted to experimentally observe the ASR behavior in
 
 Here, the negative latency time indicates the aggregates are highly reactive. Refer to [ConcreteASREigenstrain](ConcreteASREigenstrain.md) and [!cite](wallau2018asr) for more details.
 
-## Validation Cases
+## Free Expansion of Reinforced Concrete Blocks
 
+[!cite](wald_2017) performed a series of experiments to understand how the presence of multiaxial reinforcement affects ASR expansion behavior of concrete.
+Two of these experiments are included here as assessment cases: one unreinforced block (Specimen A1-000b), and one block with nine uniaxial bars oriented in the z-direction (Specimen A1-001a). The assessment cases also evaluate the effect of the environmental condition on the expansion behavior of the concrete.
+
+## Validation Cases
 
 !listing test/tests/concrete_ASR_validation/tests
 
-## Input File
+!listing assessment/ASR_Validation/wald2017B/assessment
 
 
+## Input Files
+
 !listing test/tests/concrete_ASR_validation/asr_validation.i
 
+!listing assessment/ASR_Validation/wald2017B/asr_concrete_block_calibration.i
+
+!listing assessment/ASR_Validation/wald2017B/asr_concrete_block_validation_rebar.i
+
 
 !bibtex bibliography