Limestone addition effects on concrete porosity

AA Elgalhud, RK Dhir, G Ghataora - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect on porosity (including absorption and sorpitivity) of cement paste and
mortar/concrete, of limestone addition to Portland cement is assessed. Based on globally …

Granulated blast-furnace slag and coal fly ash ternary portland cements optimization

RA Rivera, MÁ Sanjuán, DA Martín - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Granulated blast-furnace slag (GBFS) and coal fly ash (CFA) are two well-known
constituents in Portland cements. Ternary Portland cements (GBFS-CFA-K) provide …

Monitoring and modelling the early age and hardening behaviour of eco-concrete through continuous non-destructive measurements: Part II. Mechanical behaviour

J Carette, S Staquet - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2016 - Elsevier
A recent scientific and industrial interest has been brought to combine multiple
supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in large quantities in concrete binders. The …

Modeling of hydration, strength development, and optimum combinations of cement-slag-limestone ternary concrete

XY Wang, Y Luan - International Journal of Concrete Structures and …, 2018 - Springer
Slag can increase late age strength of concrete, but impairs the concrete early-age strength
due to low reactivity. Limestone powder can increase early-age strength, but impairs late …

Examination and modeling of fractality for pore-solid structure in cement paste: Starting from the mercury intrusion porosimetry test

Y Gao, K Wu, J Jiang - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Though discussed a lot, some prominent ambiguities have not been clarified yet with respect
to the fractality of pore-solid structure in cement paste, ie, the fractal type and the scale …

Micromechanical study of the interface properties in concrete repair systems

M Luković, B Šavija, H Dong, E Schlangen… - Journal of Advanced …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Micromechanical interface properties in a concrete repair system determine the performance
and reliability of a repaired structure. In order to characterize these properties …

Decoupling the autogenous swelling from the self-desiccation deformation in early age concrete with mineral additions: Micro-macro observations and unified …

J Carette, S Joseph, Ö Cizer, S Staquet - Cement and Concrete …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conclusion In this paper, a new methodology is developed to decouple the self-desiccation
deformation from the swelling deformation in autogenous conditions. Both phenomena are …

Multi-scale approach from atomistic to macro for simulation of the elastic properties of cement paste

D Tavakoli, P Gao, A Tarighat, G Ye - Iranian Journal of Science and …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, first of all, the atomistic structure of cement hydration products is estimated via
molecular dynamics method and their elastic properties are extracted. Then, cement …

Mechanical properties improving and microstructure characterization of inorganic artificial stone binder

Y Huang, L Ma, W Lai, Q Mo, Y Zheng, Y Li… - … and Engineering of …, 2022 - degruyter.com
In this article, aiming at the problems of low mechanical properties and the unstable
structure of the binder in inorganic artificial stone, performance improvements were studied …

[HTML][HTML] Study on the hydration of Portland cement paste replaced with blast furnace slag, fly ash, and metakaolin: effect on the usage of two superplasticizer additives

LY Gómez-Zamorano, G García-Guillén… - Revista …, 2015 - scielo.org.mx
This research was focused on assessing the impact that different replacement materials and
two superplasticizers on the development of the mechanical properties, phases formation …