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Mineralogical and Microstructural Evolution Review

November 1, 2009
Author(s)
Kenneth A. Snyder
The mineralogical and microstructural changes that occur in cementitious systems during hydration are summarized. The discussion concentrates on changes that may occur in iso-thermal systems that do not interact with the environment. The discussion

HYDRATED PHASES IN BLENDED CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

October 15, 2009
Author(s)
Kenneth A. Snyder, Paul E. Stutzman, Jacob Philip, David W. Esh
The hydration products of varying proportions of portland cement, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, and silica fume in blended systems were identified and quantified. The proportion of portland cement varied from 100 % down to 10 %. The

Virtual Testing of Concrete Transport Properties

October 1, 2009
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Edward J. Garboczi, Nicos Martys, Kenneth A. Snyder, W. S. Guthrie, Konstantinos Kyritsis, Narayanan Neithalath
The transport properties of concrete are critical to its field performance. Commonly encountered degradation mechanisms are dependent on ionic diffusivity, sorptivity, and permeability. In this paper, virtual testing of two of these concrete transport

Water Absorption in Internally Cured Mortar Made with Water-Filled Lightweight Aggregate

October 1, 2009
Author(s)
Ryan Henkensiefken, Javier Castro, Dale P. Bentz, Tommy Nantung, Jason Weiss
The increased propensity for shrinkage cracking in low w/c concrete has spawned the development of new technologies that can reduce the risk of early-age cracking. One of these is internal curing. Internal curing uses saturated lightweight aggregate to

Contact and Stress Anisotropies in Start Up Flows of Collodial Suspensions

September 11, 2009
Author(s)
Nicos Martys, William L. George, Didier Lootens, Pascal Hebraud
Spatio-temporal correlations in start-up flows of attractive colloids are explored by numerical simulations. The suspension is first allowed to flocculate during a time tw, then the stress necessary to induce its flow is computed. Whereas at low volume

Internal Curing Improves Concrete Performance throughout its Life

September 1, 2009
Author(s)
Ryan Henkensiefken, Javier Castro, Haejin Kim, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss
Internal curing (IC) provides a set of water reservoirs within the concrete to prevent self-desiccation and promote hydration. While early research in this area focused on reductions in early-age deformation and cracking, recent efforts have demonstrated
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