Physical origins of thermal properties of cement paste

MJ Abdolhosseini Qomi, FJ Ulm, RJM Pellenq - Physical Review Applied, 2015 - APS
Despite the ever-increasing interest in multiscale porous materials, the chemophysical origin
of their thermal properties at the nanoscale and its connection to the macroscale properties …

Thermal conductivity of cement paste: Influence of macro-porosity

PK Sarkar, N Mitra - Cement and Concrete Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal conductivity of cement paste is significantly influenced by the presence of macro-
pores within it. These pores (pores with size greater than 6 μm, measured using microCT) …

Computational thermal homogenization of concrete

T Wu, I Temizer, P Wriggers - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2013 - Elsevier
Computational thermal homogenization is applied to the microscale and mesoscale of
concrete sequentially. Microscale homogenization is based on a 3D micro-CT scan of …

Multiphase model for predicting the thermal conductivity of cement paste and its applications

Y Du, Y Ge - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thermal conductivity plays a significant role in controlling thermal cracking of cement-based
materials. In this study, the thermal conductivity of cement paste at an early age was …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal properties of tricalcium aluminate: Molecular dynamics simulation and experimental approach

PK Sarkar, G Goracci, JS Dolado - Cement and Concrete Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The energy sector is making a noticeable effort to migrate towards renewable energy to
tackle the global warming effect. At large scale, a concentrated solar plant (CSP) is one of …

Analytical and experimental study on thermal conductivity of hardened cement pastes

M Hajmohammadian Baghban, PJ Hovde… - Materials and …, 2013 - Springer
Thermal conductivity of hardened cement pastes (hcps) in a wide range of water–cement
ratio (w/c) is quantitatively investigated using a transient plane source measurement …

Optical, thermophysical and electrical characterization of PMMA (CdSe QDs) composite films

NM Al-Hosiny, S Abdallah, MAA Moussa… - Journal of Polymer …, 2013 - Springer
The concentration dependence of optical, thermophysical and electrical behavior, based on
poly-methyl methacrylate filled with CdSe quantum dots (PMMA (CdSe)) have been …

Influence of lignocellulosic aggregate coating with paraffin wax on flax shive and cement-shive composite properties

A Al-Mohamadawi, K Benhabib, RM Dheilly… - … and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to their low cost, lightweight and thermal insulation properties, lignocellulosic by-
products received a particular attention, in the recent years, for manufacturing lightweight …

Investigation of thermal conductivity and related parameters of early-age cement paste

H Zhao, G Fan, Z Wei, J Wang, D Huang - International Journal of Heat and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal conductivity (TC) of cement-based materials is a key parameter for temperature
field analysis and crack control at early age. In this study, the TC of early-age cement paste …

Photoacoustic study of optical and thermal properties of alloyed CdTexS1− x nanocrystals

Z El-Qahtani, A Badawi, K Easawi, N Al-Hosiny… - Materials science in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Photoacoustic (PA) technique has been applied to study the optical and thermal properties
of the alloyed CdTe x S 1− x (nanocrystals (NCs) with different (Te/(S+ Te)) molar ratio (x= 0 …